com.itextpdf.io.resolver.resource

Interface IResourceRetriever

All Known Subinterfaces:

IAdvancedResourceRetriever

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultResourceRetriever

public interface IResourceRetriever

Interface for classes that can retrieve data from resources by URL.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	getByteArrayByUrl(URL url) Gets the byte array with the data from a provided URL by instantiating an HTTP connection to the URL.
InputStream	getInputStreamByUrl(URL url) Gets the InputStream with the data from a provided URL by instantiating an HTTP connection to the URL.

Method Detail

getInputStreamByUrl

InputStream getInputStreamByUrl(URL url)
                         throws IOException

Gets the InputStream with the data from a provided URL by instantiating an HTTP connection to the URL.

Parameters:

url - the source URL

Returns:

the input stream with the retrieved data

Throws:

IOException - if any input/output issue occurs

getByteArrayByUrl

byte[] getByteArrayByUrl(URL url)
                  throws IOException

Gets the byte array with the data from a provided URL by instantiating an HTTP connection to the URL.

Parameters:

url - the source URL

Returns:

the byte array with the retrieved data

Throws:

IOException - if any input/output issue occurs