com.beasys.commerce.axiom.document.spi
Interface DocumentDef

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultDocument, FileDocument, URLDocument

public interface DocumentDef

Represents the data about a Document at the SPI level.

Method Summary

byte[]	getBytes() Returns the entire contents of the document as an array of raw bytes.
java.io.InputStream	openStream() Open an input stream to the content of the document.

Method Detail

getBytes

public byte[] getBytes()
                throws DocumentException

Returns the entire contents of the document as an array of raw bytes.

Depending upon the implementation, this might not be as efficient as getting a stream.

Returns:

the raw bytes of the document.

Throws:

DocumentException - thrown on an error.

openStream

public java.io.InputStream openStream()
                               throws DocumentException

Open an input stream to the content of the document.

Depending upon the implementation, this might be only as efficient as getting the bytes.

Returns:

an input stream to the bytes.

Throws:

DocumentException - thrown on an error.