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package org.apache.http.entity;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException;

import org.apache.http.protocol.HTTP;
import org.apache.http.util.Args;

A self contained, repeatable entity that obtains its content from a String.
Since:4.0
/** * A self contained, repeatable entity that obtains its content from * a {@link String}. * * @since 4.0 */
public class StringEntity extends AbstractHttpEntity implements Cloneable { protected final byte[] content;
Creates a StringEntity with the specified content and content type.
Params:
  • string – content to be used. Not null.
  • contentType – content type to be used. May be null, in which case the default MIME type ContentType.TEXT_PLAIN is assumed.
Throws:
Since:4.2
/** * Creates a StringEntity with the specified content and content type. * * @param string content to be used. Not {@code null}. * @param contentType content type to be used. May be {@code null}, in which case the default * MIME type {@link ContentType#TEXT_PLAIN} is assumed. * * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the string parameter is null * @throws UnsupportedCharsetException Thrown when the named charset is not available in * this instance of the Java virtual machine * @since 4.2 */
public StringEntity(final String string, final ContentType contentType) throws UnsupportedCharsetException { super(); Args.notNull(string, "Source string"); Charset charset = contentType != null ? contentType.getCharset() : null; if (charset == null) { charset = HTTP.DEF_CONTENT_CHARSET; } this.content = string.getBytes(charset); if (contentType != null) { setContentType(contentType.toString()); } }
Creates a StringEntity with the specified content, MIME type and charset
Params:
  • string – content to be used. Not null.
  • mimeType – MIME type to be used. May be null, in which case the default is HTTP.PLAIN_TEXT_TYPE i.e. "text/plain"
  • charset – character set to be used. May be null, in which case the default is HTTP.DEF_CONTENT_CHARSET i.e. "ISO-8859-1"
Throws:
Since:4.1
Deprecated:(4.1.3) use StringEntity(String, ContentType)
/** * Creates a StringEntity with the specified content, MIME type and charset * * @param string content to be used. Not {@code null}. * @param mimeType MIME type to be used. May be {@code null}, in which case the default * is {@link HTTP#PLAIN_TEXT_TYPE} i.e. "text/plain" * @param charset character set to be used. May be {@code null}, in which case the default * is {@link HTTP#DEF_CONTENT_CHARSET} i.e. "ISO-8859-1" * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException If the named charset is not supported. * * @since 4.1 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the string parameter is null * * @deprecated (4.1.3) use {@link #StringEntity(String, ContentType)} */
@Deprecated public StringEntity( final String string, final String mimeType, final String charset) throws UnsupportedEncodingException { super(); Args.notNull(string, "Source string"); final String mt = mimeType != null ? mimeType : HTTP.PLAIN_TEXT_TYPE; final String cs = charset != null ? charset :HTTP.DEFAULT_CONTENT_CHARSET; this.content = string.getBytes(cs); setContentType(mt + HTTP.CHARSET_PARAM + cs); }
Creates a StringEntity with the specified content and charset. The MIME type defaults to "text/plain".
Params:
  • string – content to be used. Not null.
  • charset – character set to be used. May be null, in which case the default is HTTP.DEF_CONTENT_CHARSET is assumed
Throws:
/** * Creates a StringEntity with the specified content and charset. The MIME type defaults * to "text/plain". * * @param string content to be used. Not {@code null}. * @param charset character set to be used. May be {@code null}, in which case the default * is {@link HTTP#DEF_CONTENT_CHARSET} is assumed * * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the string parameter is null * @throws UnsupportedCharsetException Thrown when the named charset is not available in * this instance of the Java virtual machine */
public StringEntity(final String string, final String charset) throws UnsupportedCharsetException { this(string, ContentType.create(ContentType.TEXT_PLAIN.getMimeType(), charset)); }
Creates a StringEntity with the specified content and charset. The MIME type defaults to "text/plain".
Params:
  • string – content to be used. Not null.
  • charset – character set to be used. May be null, in which case the default is HTTP.DEF_CONTENT_CHARSET is assumed
Throws:
Since:4.2
/** * Creates a StringEntity with the specified content and charset. The MIME type defaults * to "text/plain". * * @param string content to be used. Not {@code null}. * @param charset character set to be used. May be {@code null}, in which case the default * is {@link HTTP#DEF_CONTENT_CHARSET} is assumed * * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the string parameter is null * * @since 4.2 */
public StringEntity(final String string, final Charset charset) { this(string, ContentType.create(ContentType.TEXT_PLAIN.getMimeType(), charset)); }
Creates a StringEntity with the specified content. The content type defaults to ContentType.TEXT_PLAIN.
Params:
  • string – content to be used. Not null.
Throws:
/** * Creates a StringEntity with the specified content. The content type defaults to * {@link ContentType#TEXT_PLAIN}. * * @param string content to be used. Not {@code null}. * * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the string parameter is null * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException if the default HTTP charset is not supported. */
public StringEntity(final String string) throws UnsupportedEncodingException { this(string, ContentType.DEFAULT_TEXT); } @Override public boolean isRepeatable() { return true; } @Override public long getContentLength() { return this.content.length; } @Override public InputStream getContent() throws IOException { return new ByteArrayInputStream(this.content); } @Override public void writeTo(final OutputStream outStream) throws IOException { Args.notNull(outStream, "Output stream"); outStream.write(this.content); outStream.flush(); }
Tells that this entity is not streaming.
Returns:false
/** * Tells that this entity is not streaming. * * @return {@code false} */
@Override public boolean isStreaming() { return false; } @Override public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException { return super.clone(); } } // class StringEntity