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package org.apache.http.entity;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Entity that delegates the process of content generation to an abstract
 * content producer.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 496070 $
 * 
 * @since 4.0
 *
 * @deprecated Please use {@link java.net.URL#openConnection} instead.
 *     Please visit <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/09/androids-http-clients.html">this webpage</a>
 *     for further details.
 */
@Deprecated
public class EntityTemplate extends AbstractHttpEntity {

    private final ContentProducer contentproducer;
    
    public EntityTemplate(final ContentProducer contentproducer) {
        super();
        if (contentproducer == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Content producer may not be null");
        }
        this.contentproducer = contentproducer; 
    }

    public long getContentLength() {
        return -1;
    }

    public InputStream getContent() {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Entity template does not implement getContent()");
    }

    public boolean isRepeatable() {
        return true;
    }

    public void writeTo(final OutputStream outstream) throws IOException {
        if (outstream == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Output stream may not be null");
        }
        this.contentproducer.writeTo(outstream);
    }

    public boolean isStreaming() {
        return true;
    }

    public void consumeContent() throws IOException {
    }
    
}