src/org/apache/http/entity/FileEntity.java

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package org.apache.http.entity;

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

/**
 * An entity whose content is retrieved from a file.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 604625 $
 * 
 * @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 FileEntity extends AbstractHttpEntity implements Cloneable {

    protected final File file; 

    public FileEntity(final File file, final String contentType) {
        super();
        if (file == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("File may not be null");
        }
        this.file = file;
        setContentType(contentType);
    }

    public boolean isRepeatable() {
        return true;
    }

    public long getContentLength() {
        return this.file.length();
    }
    
    public InputStream getContent() throws IOException {
        return new FileInputStream(this.file);
    }
    
    public void writeTo(final OutputStream outstream) throws IOException {
        if (outstream == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Output stream may not be null");
        }
        InputStream instream = new FileInputStream(this.file);
        try {
            byte[] tmp = new byte[4096];
            int l;
            while ((l = instream.read(tmp)) != -1) {
                outstream.write(tmp, 0, l);
            }
            outstream.flush();
        } finally {
            instream.close();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Tells that this entity is not streaming.
     *
     * @return <code>false</code>
     */
    public boolean isStreaming() {
        return false;
    }

    public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        // File instance is considered immutable
        // No need to make a copy of it
        return super.clone();
    }

} // class FileEntity