| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2013 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| * Mikael Barbero (mikael.barbero@obeo.fr) - Adapted for EMF Compare |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.emf.compare.rcp.ui.contentmergeviewer.accessor.legacy; |
| |
| import java.io.InputStream; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException; |
| |
| /** |
| * An <code>IStreamContentAccessor</code> object represents a set of bytes which can be accessed by means of a |
| * stream. |
| * <p> |
| * Clients may implement this interface, or use the standard implementation, <code>BufferedContent</code>. |
| * </p> |
| * <p> |
| * This was initially copy pasted from org.eclipse.compare.IStreamContentAccessor |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @see BufferedContent |
| * @author <a href="mailto:xyz@xyz.com">Ibm Corporation</a> |
| * @since 4.0 |
| */ |
| public interface IStreamContentAccessor { |
| /** |
| * Returns an open <code>InputStream</code> for this object which can be used to retrieve the object's |
| * content. The client is responsible for closing the stream when finished. Returns <code>null</code> if |
| * this object has no streamable contents. |
| * |
| * @return an input stream containing the contents of this object |
| * @exception CoreException |
| * if the contents of this object could not be accessed |
| */ |
| InputStream getContents() throws CoreException; |
| } |
