nl.uva.vlet.vrs
Interface VStreamReadable

All Known Subinterfaces:
VStreamAccessable
All Known Implementing Classes:
HTTPNode, LinkNode, ResourceNode, VFile

public interface VStreamReadable

Interface for stream based (remote) file read access. Objects which can be read by means of a stream can implemented this interface.


Method Summary
 java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
          Create InputStream to read from this (remote) resource.
 

Method Detail

getInputStream

java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
                                   throws VlException
Create InputStream to read from this (remote) resource.

Note that not all protocols support 'partially' reading from a remote file. Currently both Jargon's SRB and Java's File type support Input and OutputStreams !

Returns:
java.io.InputStream object
Throws:
VlException
See Also:
InputStream