platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/BinaryContentRevision.java

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package com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.VcsException;

/**
 * @author yole
 */
public interface BinaryContentRevision extends ContentRevision {
  /**
   * Content of the revision. Implementers are encouraged to lazy implement this especially when it requires connection to the
   * version control server or something.
   * Might return null in case if file path denotes a directory or content is impossible to retreive.
   *
   * @return content of the revision
   * @throws com.intellij.openapi.vcs.VcsException in case when content retrieval fails
   */
  @Nullable
  byte[] getBinaryContent() throws VcsException;
}