javax.microedition.io

Interface ContentConnection

All Superinterfaces:

Connection, InputConnection, OutputConnection, StreamConnection

All Known Subinterfaces:

HttpConnection, HttpsConnection

public interface ContentConnection
extends StreamConnection

This interface defines the stream connection over which content is passed.

Since:

CLDC 1.0

Version:

12/17/01 (CLDC 1.1)

Author:

Nik Shaylor

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getEncoding() Returns a string describing the encoding of the content which the resource connected to is providing.
long	getLength() Returns the length of the content which is being provided.
String	getType() Returns the type of content that the resource connected to is providing.

Methods inherited from interface javax.microedition.io.InputConnection

openDataInputStream, openInputStream

Methods inherited from interface javax.microedition.io.OutputConnection

openDataOutputStream, openOutputStream

Methods inherited from interface javax.microedition.io.Connection

close

Method Detail

getType

String getType()

Returns the type of content that the resource connected to is providing. For instance, if the connection is via HTTP, then the value of the content-type header field is returned.

Returns:

the content type of the resource that the URL references, or null if not known.

NOTE: In certain environments, such as HttpConnection implemented on top of WAP, the content type is always known even if content-type header field is missing from the server response. Therefore, in certain cases, the content type might always be non-null even if the content-type header field is missing.

getEncoding

String getEncoding()

Returns a string describing the encoding of the content which the resource connected to is providing. E.g. if the connection is via HTTP, the value of the content-encoding header field is returned.

Returns:

the content encoding of the resource that the URL references, or null if not known.

getLength

long getLength()

Returns the length of the content which is being provided. E.g. if the connection is via HTTP, then the value of the content-length header field is returned.

Returns:

the content length of the resource that this connection's URL references, or -1 if the content length is not known.