org.apache.abdera.protocol
Interface EntityProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEntityProvider, EntityProviderExample.Foo

public interface EntityProvider

An EntityProvider is used to serialize entities using the StreamWriter interface. The EntityProvider interface can be implemented by applications to provide an efficient means of serializing non-FOM objects to Atom/XML.

Method Summary

String	getContentType() Return the mime content type of the serialized entity
org.apache.abdera.util.EntityTag	getEntityTag() Return the EntityTag of the entity,
Date	getLastModified() Return the Last-Modified date of the entity
boolean	isRepeatable() True if the serialization is repeatable.
void	writeTo(StreamWriter sw) Write to the specified StreamWriter

Method Detail

writeTo

void writeTo(StreamWriter sw)

Write to the specified StreamWriter

isRepeatable

boolean isRepeatable()

True if the serialization is repeatable.

getContentType

String getContentType()

Return the mime content type of the serialized entity

getEntityTag

org.apache.abdera.util.EntityTag getEntityTag()

Return the EntityTag of the entity,

getLastModified

Date getLastModified()

Return the Last-Modified date of the entity