net.jxta.document
Interface TextDocument

All Superinterfaces:

Document

All Known Subinterfaces:

StructuredTextDocument

All Known Implementing Classes:

NewTextMessageElement

public interface TextDocument

extends Document

This interface represents a Text based Document. Extends Document by adding character oriented output features.

Since:

JXTA 1.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.9 $

See Also:

Document, TextElement, StructuredTextDocument, StructuredDocumentFactory, MimeMediaType, StructuredDocument

Method Summary

java.io.Reader	getReader() Returns a stream of characters which represent the content of this Document.
void	sendToWriter(java.io.Writer stream) Rather than returning an InputStream, send the document to the specified stream.

Methods inherited from interface net.jxta.document.Document

getFileExtension, getMimeType, getStream, sendToStream

Method Detail

getReader

public java.io.Reader getReader()
                         throws java.io.IOException

Returns a stream of characters which represent the content of this Document.

Returns:

Reader A Reader containting the characters of this Document.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

Since:

JXTA 1.0

sendToWriter

public void sendToWriter(java.io.Writer stream)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Rather than returning an InputStream, send the document to the specified stream.

Parameters:

stream - The OutputStream to which the document will be written.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

Since:

JXTA 1.0