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package org.restlet.representation;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import org.restlet.data.MediaType;
import org.restlet.engine.io.IoUtils;
/**
* Representation based on a BIO characters writer. 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(Writer) 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 WriterRepresentation extends CharacterRepresentation {
/**
* Constructor.
*
* @param mediaType
* The representation's mediaType.
*/
public WriterRepresentation(MediaType mediaType) {
super(mediaType);
}
/**
* Constructor.
*
* @param mediaType
* The representation's mediaType.
* @param expectedSize
* The expected writer size in bytes.
*/
public WriterRepresentation(MediaType mediaType, long expectedSize) {
super(mediaType);
setSize(expectedSize);
}
@Override
public Reader getReader() throws IOException {
return IoUtils.getReader(this);
}
}