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package org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

A RequestEntity that contains an array of bytes.
Since:
3.0/**
 * A RequestEntity that contains an array of bytes.
 * 
 * @since 3.0
 */
public class ByteArrayRequestEntity implements RequestEntity {

    
The content /** The content */
    private byte[] content;
    
    
The content type /** The content type */
    private String contentType;

    
Creates a new entity with the given content.
Params:
content – The content to set./**
     * Creates a new entity with the given content.
     * @param content The content to set.
     */
    public ByteArrayRequestEntity(byte[] content) {
        this(content, null);
    }
    
    
Creates a new entity with the given content and content type.
Params:
content – The content to set.
contentType – The content type to set or null./**
     * Creates a new entity with the given content and content type.
     * @param content The content to set.
     * @param contentType The content type to set or <code>null</code>.
     */
    public ByteArrayRequestEntity(byte[] content, String contentType) {
        super();
        if (content == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The content cannot be null");
        }
        this.content = content;
        this.contentType = contentType;
    }

    
Returns:
true/**
     * @return <code>true</code>
     */
    public boolean isRepeatable() {
        return true;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.RequestEntity#getContentType()
     */
    public String getContentType() {
        return contentType;
    }
    
    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.RequestEntity#writeRequest(java.io.OutputStream)
     */
    public void writeRequest(OutputStream out) throws IOException {
        out.write(content);
    }

    
Returns:
The length of the content./**
     * @return The length of the content.
     */
    public long getContentLength() {
        return content.length;
    }

    
Returns:
Returns the content./**
     * @return Returns the content.
     */
    public byte[] getContent() {
        return content;
    }

}