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<div class="sub-title"><span class="package-label-in-type">Package</span>&nbsp;<a href="package-summary.html">org.eclipse.jetty.client.api</a></div>
<h1 title="Interface ContentProvider" class="title">Interface ContentProvider</h1>
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<dt>All Superinterfaces:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Iterable.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">Iterable</a>&lt;<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/nio/ByteBuffer.html" title="class or interface in java.nio" class="external-link">ByteBuffer</a>&gt;</code></dd>
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<dt>All Known Subinterfaces:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="../AsyncContentProvider.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.jetty.client">AsyncContentProvider</a></code>, <code><a href="ContentProvider.Typed.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.jetty.client.api">ContentProvider.Typed</a></code></dd>
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<dt>All Known Implementing Classes:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="../util/AbstractTypedContentProvider.html" title="class in org.eclipse.jetty.client.util">AbstractTypedContentProvider</a></code>, <code><a href="../util/ByteBufferContentProvider.html" title="class in org.eclipse.jetty.client.util">ByteBufferContentProvider</a></code>, <code><a href="../util/BytesContentProvider.html" title="class in org.eclipse.jetty.client.util">BytesContentProvider</a></code>, <code><a href="../util/DeferredContentProvider.html" title="class in org.eclipse.jetty.client.util">DeferredContentProvider</a></code>, <code><a href="../util/FormContentProvider.html" title="class in org.eclipse.jetty.client.util">FormContentProvider</a></code>, <code><a href="../util/InputStreamContentProvider.html" title="class in org.eclipse.jetty.client.util">InputStreamContentProvider</a></code>, <code><a href="../util/MultiPartContentProvider.html" title="class in org.eclipse.jetty.client.util">MultiPartContentProvider</a></code>, <code><a href="../util/OutputStreamContentProvider.html" title="class in org.eclipse.jetty.client.util">OutputStreamContentProvider</a></code>, <code><a href="../util/PathContentProvider.html" title="class in org.eclipse.jetty.client.util">PathContentProvider</a></code>, <code><a href="../util/StringContentProvider.html" title="class in org.eclipse.jetty.client.util">StringContentProvider</a></code></dd>
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<div class="type-signature"><span class="annotations"><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Deprecated.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">@Deprecated</a>
</span><span class="modifiers">public interface </span><span class="element-name type-name-label">ContentProvider</span><span class="extends-implements">
extends <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Iterable.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">Iterable</a>&lt;<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/nio/ByteBuffer.html" title="class or interface in java.nio" class="external-link">ByteBuffer</a>&gt;</span></div>
<div class="deprecation-block"><span class="deprecated-label">Deprecated.</span>
<div class="deprecation-comment">use <a href="Request.Content.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.jetty.client.api"><code>Request.Content</code></a> instead, or <a href="#toRequestContent(org.eclipse.jetty.client.api.ContentProvider)"><code>toRequestContent(ContentProvider)</code></a>
to convert ContentProvider to <a href="Request.Content.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.jetty.client.api"><code>Request.Content</code></a>.</div>
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<div class="block"><p><a href="ContentProvider.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.jetty.client.api"><code>ContentProvider</code></a> provides a source of request content.</p>
<p>Implementations should return an <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Iterator.html" title="class or interface in java.util" class="external-link"><code>Iterator</code></a> over the request content.
If the request content comes from a source that needs to be closed (for
example, an <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/io/InputStream.html" title="class or interface in java.io" class="external-link"><code>InputStream</code></a>), then the iterator implementation class
must implement <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/io/Closeable.html" title="class or interface in java.io" class="external-link"><code>Closeable</code></a> and will be closed when the request is
completed (either successfully or failed).</p>
<p>Applications should rely on utility classes such as <a href="../util/ByteBufferContentProvider.html" title="class in org.eclipse.jetty.client.util"><code>ByteBufferContentProvider</code></a>
or <a href="../util/PathContentProvider.html" title="class in org.eclipse.jetty.client.util"><code>PathContentProvider</code></a>.</p>
<p><a href="ContentProvider.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.jetty.client.api"><code>ContentProvider</code></a> provides a <a href="#getLength()"><code>length</code></a> of the content
it represents.
If the length is positive, it typically overrides any <code>Content-Length</code>
header set by applications; if the length is negative, it typically removes
any <code>Content-Length</code> header set by applications, resulting in chunked
content (i.e. <code>Transfer-Encoding: chunked</code>) being sent to the server.</p></div>
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<div class="col-first even-row-color"><code>static interface&nbsp;</code></div>
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<div class="block"><span class="deprecated-label">Deprecated.</span>
<div class="deprecation-comment">use <a href="Request.Content.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.jetty.client.api"><code>Request.Content</code></a> instead</div>
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<div class="col-first even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab3 method-summary-table-tab6"><code>long</code></div>
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<div class="col-first odd-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab5 method-summary-table-tab6"><code>default boolean</code></div>
<div class="col-second odd-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab2 method-summary-table-tab5 method-summary-table-tab6"><code><a href="#isReproducible()" class="member-name-link">isReproducible</a>()</code></div>
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<div class="block"><span class="deprecated-label">Deprecated.</span></div>
<div class="block">Whether this ContentProvider can produce exactly the same content more
than once.</div>
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<div class="col-first even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab1 method-summary-table-tab6"><code>static <a href="Request.Content.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.jetty.client.api">Request.Content</a></code></div>
<div class="col-second even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab1 method-summary-table-tab6"><code><a href="#toRequestContent(org.eclipse.jetty.client.api.ContentProvider)" class="member-name-link">toRequestContent</a><wbr>(<a href="ContentProvider.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.jetty.client.api">ContentProvider</a>&nbsp;provider)</code></div>
<div class="col-last even-row-color method-summary-table method-summary-table-tab1 method-summary-table-tab6">
<div class="block"><span class="deprecated-label">Deprecated.</span></div>
<div class="block">Converts a ContentProvider to a <a href="Request.Content.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.jetty.client.api"><code>Request.Content</code></a>.</div>
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<h3 id="methods-inherited-from-class-java.lang.Iterable">Methods inherited from interface&nbsp;java.lang.<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Iterable.html" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">Iterable</a></h3>
<code><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Iterable.html#forEach(java.util.function.Consumer)" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">forEach</a>, <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Iterable.html#iterator()" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">iterator</a>, <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Iterable.html#spliterator()" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link">spliterator</a></code></div>
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<h3>toRequestContent</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="modifiers">static</span>&nbsp;<span class="return-type"><a href="Request.Content.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.jetty.client.api">Request.Content</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">toRequestContent</span><wbr><span class="parameters">(<a href="ContentProvider.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.jetty.client.api">ContentProvider</a>&nbsp;provider)</span></div>
<div class="deprecation-block"><span class="deprecated-label">Deprecated.</span></div>
<div class="block"><p>Converts a ContentProvider to a <a href="Request.Content.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.jetty.client.api"><code>Request.Content</code></a>.</p></div>
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<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><code>provider</code> - the ContentProvider to convert</dd>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>a <a href="Request.Content.html" title="interface in org.eclipse.jetty.client.api"><code>Request.Content</code></a> that wraps the ContentProvider</dd>
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<h3>getLength</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="return-type">long</span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">getLength</span>()</div>
<div class="deprecation-block"><span class="deprecated-label">Deprecated.</span></div>
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<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>the content length, if known, or -1 if the content length is unknown</dd>
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<h3>isReproducible</h3>
<div class="member-signature"><span class="modifiers">default</span>&nbsp;<span class="return-type">boolean</span>&nbsp;<span class="element-name">isReproducible</span>()</div>
<div class="deprecation-block"><span class="deprecated-label">Deprecated.</span></div>
<div class="block"><p>Whether this ContentProvider can produce exactly the same content more
than once.</p>
<p>Implementations should return <code>true</code> only if the content can be
produced more than once, which means that invocations to <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Iterable.html#iterator()" title="class or interface in java.lang" class="external-link"><code>Iterable.iterator()</code></a>
must return a new, independent, iterator instance over the content.</p>
<p>The <a href="../HttpClient.html" title="class in org.eclipse.jetty.client"><code>HttpClient</code></a> implementation may use this method in particular
cases where it detects that it is safe to retry a request that failed.</p></div>
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<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>whether the content can be produced more than once</dd>
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