| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2011 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/ |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.compare; |
| |
| 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>. |
| * |
| * @see BufferedContent |
| */ |
| 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; |
| } |