/*
* RapidMiner
*
* Copyright (C) 2001-2011 by Rapid-I and the contributors
*
* Complete list of developers available at our web site:
*
* http://rapid-i.com
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
*/
package com.rapidminer.repository;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
/** A byte blob with no specified contents.
*
* @author Simon Fischer
* */
public interface BlobEntry extends DataEntry {
public static final String TYPE_NAME = "blob";
/** Opens a stream to read from this entry.
* @throws RepositoryException */
public InputStream openInputStream() throws RepositoryException;
/** Opens a stream to this blob, setting its mime type to the given value.
* @return TODO*/
public OutputStream openOutputStream(String mimeType) throws RepositoryException;
public String getMimeType();
}