Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of ApertureDataObject

Timestamp:

10/20/05 13:32:27 (19 years ago)

Author:

sauermann

Comment:

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ApertureDataObject

@@ -8 +8 @@
 
  * 'Metadata' is one word, hence getMetadata, not getMetaData.
+
+ * TODO: what is the semantics and use of getParent() and getChildren()?
 
 == Java Interface ==
@@ -33 +35 @@
 
         /**
-         * Returns the byte size of the represented resource. This has been defined at
-         * this global level due to the importance of this attribute for performance reasons.
-         * @return the size of the binary resource in bytes, or a negative value when the
-         * size is unknown or does not make sense for this particular DataObject implementation.
-         */
-        public long getSize();
-
-        /**
          * Gets the DataSource from which this DataObject conceptually originated.
          * 
@@ -59 +53 @@
          */
         public Iterator<DataObject> getChildren();
-    
-        /**
-         * Gets an InputStream containing the content represented by the DataObject.
-         * The returned InputStream is required to support marking (markSupported()
-         * returns true). Calling this method multiple times may references to
-         * one-and-the-same InputStream instance. Care should therefore be taken to mark
-         * and reset the stream when the stream's content is to be read again later.
-         * 
-         * @return An InputStream from which the content of the data object can be read.
-         * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurred.
-         */
-        public InputStream getContent() throws IOException;
 
-        /**
-         * Instructs the DataObject that its content stream will most likely be used multiple
-         * times in its entirety, making the mark-and-reset procedure difficult to work, 
-         * and that it better should cache the entire contents.
-         * @throws IOException when an IOException occured during caching of the content.
-         */
- ´      public void cacheContent() throws IOException;
     
         /**
@@ -90 +65 @@
         public RDFMap getMetadata();
 
-        /**
-         * what is the mime-type of the content, if there is content?
-         * This is set by the DataAccessor
-         * @return null or a mimetype identifier like "text/plain"
-         */
-        public String getContentMimeType();
-
-        /**
-         * what is the character-encoding (using ansi identifiers like "UTF-8"
-         * or "ISO-8859-1") of the content, if there is content. Will 
-         * return null if not known or if content is null.
-         * This is set by the DataAccessor
-         * @return null or a encoding identifier like "UTF-8"
-         */
-        public String getContentEncoding();
 }
 }}}