org.eclipse.compare
Interface IStreamContentAccessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

BufferedContent, DocumentRangeNode, HistoryItem

public interface IStreamContentAccessor

An IStreamContentAccessor object represents a set of bytes which can be accessed by means of a stream.

Clients may implement this interface, or use the standard implementation, BufferedContent.

See Also:

BufferedContent

Method Summary

InputStream

getContents() Returns an open InputStream for this object which can be used to retrieve the object's content.

Method Detail

getContents

public InputStream getContents()
                        throws CoreException

Returns an open InputStream for this object which can be used to retrieve the object's content. The client is responsible for closing the stream when finished. Returns null if this object has no streamable contents.

Returns:

an input stream containing the contents of this object

Throws:

CoreException - if the contents of this object could not be accessed