WritableRepresentation.java

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package org.restlet.representation;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;

import org.restlet.data.MediaType;
import org.restlet.engine.io.IoUtils;

/**
 * Representation based on a writable NIO byte channel. This class is a good
 * basis to write your own representations, especially for the dynamic and large
 * ones.<br>
 * <br>
 * For this you just need to create a subclass and override the abstract
 * Representation.write(WritableByteChannel) method. This method will later be
 * called back by the connectors when the actual representation's content is
 * needed.
 * 
 * @author Jerome Louvel
 */
public abstract class WritableRepresentation extends ChannelRepresentation {
    /**
     * Constructor.
     * 
     * @param mediaType
     *            The representation's media type.
     */
    public WritableRepresentation(MediaType mediaType) {
        super(mediaType);
    }

    @Override
    public ReadableByteChannel getChannel() throws IOException {
        return IoUtils.getChannel(this);
    }

    @Override
    public abstract void write(WritableByteChannel writableChannel)
            throws IOException;

}