com.rabbitmq.client
Interface LongString

public interface LongString

An object providing access to a LongString. This might be implemented to read directly from connection socket, depending on the size of the content to be read - long strings may contain up to 4Gb of content.

Field Summary

static long

MAX_LENGTH

Method Summary

byte[]	getBytes() Get the content as a byte array.
java.io.DataInputStream	getStream() Get the content stream.
long	length()

Field Detail

MAX_LENGTH

static final long MAX_LENGTH

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

length

long length()

Returns:

the length of the LongString in bytes >= 0 <= MAX_LENGTH

getStream

java.io.DataInputStream getStream()
                                  throws java.io.IOException

Get the content stream. Repeated calls to this function return the same stream, which may not support rewind.

Returns:

An input stream that reads the content of the LongString

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error is encountered

getBytes

byte[] getBytes()

Get the content as a byte array. This need not be a copy. Updates to the returned array may change the value of the LongString. Repeated calls to this function may return the same array. This function will fail if this.length() > Integer.MAX_VALUE, throwing an IllegalStateException.

Returns:

the array of bytes containing the content of the LongString