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org.apache.excalibur.source.impl
Class AbstractSource

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.excalibur.source.impl.AbstractSource

All Implemented Interfaces:

Source

Direct Known Subclasses:

CommonsVFSSource, ResourceSource, URLSource

public abstract class AbstractSource

extends java.lang.Object

implements Source

Abstract base class for a source implementation.

Version:

CVS $Revision: 1.5 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 11:47:24 $

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Constructor Summary

AbstractSource()

Method Summary

protected void	checkInfos() Call getInfos() if it hasn't already been called since the last call to refresh().
long	getContentLength() Return the content length of the content or -1 if the length is unknown
protected void	getInfos() Get the last modification date and content length of the source.
java.io.InputStream	getInputStream() Return an InputStream object to read from the source.
long	getLastModified() Get the last modification date of the source or 0 if it is not possible to determine the date.
java.lang.String	getMimeType() The mime-type of the content described by this object.
java.lang.String	getScheme() Return the protocol identifier.
java.lang.String	getURI() Return the unique identifer for this source
SourceValidity	getValidity() Get the Validity object.
void	refresh() Refresh this object and update the last modified date and content length.
protected void	setContentLength(long contentLength) Sets the contentLength.
protected void	setLastModified(long lastModificationDate) Sets the lastModificationDate.
protected void	setScheme(java.lang.String scheme) Sets the scheme.
protected void	setSystemId(java.lang.String systemId) Sets the systemId.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.excalibur.source.Source

exists

Constructor Detail

AbstractSource

public AbstractSource()

Method Detail

getInfos

protected void getInfos()

Get the last modification date and content length of the source. Any exceptions are ignored. Override this to get the real information

checkInfos

protected void checkInfos()

Call getInfos() if it hasn't already been called since the last call to refresh().

getInputStream

public java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
                                   throws java.io.IOException,
                                          SourceException

Return an InputStream object to read from the source. The returned stream must be closed by the calling code.

Specified by:

getInputStream in interface Source

Returns:

the InputStream to read data from (never null).

Throws:

SourceException - if file not found or HTTP location does not exist.

java.io.IOException - if I/O error occured.

getURI

public java.lang.String getURI()

Return the unique identifer for this source

Specified by:

getURI in interface Source

Returns:

the source URI.

getScheme

public java.lang.String getScheme()

Return the protocol identifier.

Specified by:

getScheme in interface Source

Returns:

the URI scheme.

getValidity

public SourceValidity getValidity()

Get the Validity object. This can either wrap the last modification date or the expires information or... If it is currently not possible to calculate such an information null is returned.

Specified by:

getValidity in interface Source

Returns:

the validity, or null.

refresh

public void refresh()

Refresh this object and update the last modified date and content length.

Specified by:

refresh in interface Source

getMimeType

public java.lang.String getMimeType()

The mime-type of the content described by this object. If the source is not able to determine the mime-type by itself this can be null.

Specified by:

getMimeType in interface Source

Returns:

the source's mime-type or null.

getContentLength

public long getContentLength()

Return the content length of the content or -1 if the length is unknown

Specified by:

getContentLength in interface Source

Returns:

the source's content length or -1.

getLastModified

public long getLastModified()

Get the last modification date of the source or 0 if it is not possible to determine the date.

Specified by:

getLastModified in interface Source

Returns:

the last modification date or 0.

setContentLength

protected void setContentLength(long contentLength)

Sets the contentLength.

Parameters:

contentLength - The contentLength to set

setLastModified

protected void setLastModified(long lastModificationDate)

Sets the lastModificationDate.

Parameters:

lastModificationDate - The lastModificationDate to set

setScheme

protected void setScheme(java.lang.String scheme)

Sets the scheme.

Parameters:

scheme - The scheme to set

setSystemId

protected void setSystemId(java.lang.String systemId)

Sets the systemId.

Parameters:

systemId - The systemId to set