Package play.http

Class HttpEntity

Object

play.http.HttpEntity

Direct Known Subclasses:

HttpEntity.Chunked, HttpEntity.Streamed, HttpEntity.Strict

public abstract class HttpEntity
extends Object

An HTTP entity

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	HttpEntity.Chunked	A chunked entity, backed by a source of chunks.
static class	HttpEntity.Streamed	A streamed entity, backed by a source.
static class	HttpEntity.Strict	A strict entity, where all the data for it is in memory.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static HttpEntity	NO_ENTITY	No entity.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract HttpEntity	as(String contentType)
abstract play.api.http.HttpEntity	asScala()
static HttpEntity	chunked(Source<ByteString,?> data, Optional<String> contentType)	Convert the given source of ByteStrings to a chunked entity.
CompletionStage<ByteString>	consumeData(Materializer mat)	Consumes the data.
abstract Optional<Long>	contentLength()
abstract Optional<String>	contentType()
abstract Source<ByteString,?>	dataStream()
static HttpEntity	fromContent(play.twirl.api.Content content, String charset)	Create an entity from the given content.
static HttpEntity	fromString(String content, String charset)	Create an entity from the given String.
abstract boolean	isKnownEmpty()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

NO_ENTITY

public static final HttpEntity NO_ENTITY

No entity.

Method Detail

contentType

public abstract Optional<String> contentType()

Returns:

The content type, if defined

isKnownEmpty

public abstract boolean isKnownEmpty()

Returns:

Whether the entity is known to be empty or not.

contentLength

public abstract Optional<Long> contentLength()

Returns:

The content length, if known

dataStream

public abstract Source<ByteString,?> dataStream()

Returns:

The stream of data.

as

public abstract HttpEntity as(String contentType)

Parameters:

contentType - the content type to use, i.e. "text/html".

Returns:

Return the entity as the given content type.

consumeData

public CompletionStage<ByteString> consumeData(Materializer mat)

Consumes the data.

This method should be used carefully, since if the source represents an ephemeral stream, then the entity may not be usable after this method is invoked.

Parameters:

mat - the application's materializer.

Returns:

a CompletionStage holding the data

asScala

public abstract play.api.http.HttpEntity asScala()

fromContent

public static final HttpEntity fromContent(play.twirl.api.Content content,
                                           String charset)

Create an entity from the given content.

Parameters:

content - The content.

charset - The charset.

Returns:

the HTTP entity.

fromString

public static final HttpEntity fromString(String content,
                                          String charset)

Create an entity from the given String.

Parameters:

content - The content.

charset - The charset.

Returns:

the HTTP entity.

chunked

public static final HttpEntity chunked(Source<ByteString,?> data,
                                       Optional<String> contentType)

Convert the given source of ByteStrings to a chunked entity.

Parameters:

data - The source.

contentType - The optional content type.

Returns:

The ByteStrings.