HttpInputMessage.java

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package org.springframework.http;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Represents an HTTP input message, consisting of {@linkplain #getHeaders() headers}
 * and a readable {@linkplain #getBody() body}.
 *
 * <p>Typically implemented by an HTTP request handle on the server side,
 * or an HTTP response handle on the client side.
 *
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface HttpInputMessage extends HttpMessage {

	/**
	 * Return the body of the message as an input stream.
	 * @return the input stream body (never {@code null})
	 * @throws IOException in case of I/O Errors
	 */
	InputStream getBody() throws IOException;

}