org.fcrepo.server.storage
Interface ExternalContentManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultExternalContentManager

public interface ExternalContentManager

Interface that provides a mechanism for retrieving external content via HTTP.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Ross Wayland

Method Summary

MIMETypedStream

getExternalContent(ContentManagerParams params) Reads the contents of the specified URL and returns the result as a MIMETypedStream.

Method Detail

getExternalContent

MIMETypedStream getExternalContent(ContentManagerParams params)
                                   throws ServerException

Reads the contents of the specified URL and returns the result as a MIMETypedStream. Used as a wrapper with a default MIME type of "text/plain"

Parameters:

url - The URL of the external content.

context - The context map.

Returns:

A MIME-typed stream.

Throws:

ServerException - If the URL connection could not be established.