Uses of Class
org.restlet.representation.Representation

Packages that use Representation

Package	Description
org.restlet	Core classes of the Restlet API.
org.restlet.data	Information exchanged by components.
org.restlet.engine.adapter	Adapters between low-level HTTP calls and high-level Restlet Request and Response objects.
org.restlet.engine.application	Supports Restlet applications.
org.restlet.engine.connector	Integration with Java URLConnection class.
org.restlet.engine.converter	Supports the converter service.
org.restlet.engine.header	Supports HTTP header parsing and formatting.
org.restlet.engine.io	Supports input and output work.
org.restlet.engine.local	Supports local connectors and resources.
org.restlet.engine.resource	Supports resources.
org.restlet.engine.util	General utilities.
org.restlet.representation	Common representation data elements.
org.restlet.resource	Client and server resource classes.
org.restlet.routing	Classes related to call routing.
org.restlet.service	Services used by applications and components.
org.restlet.util	Various utility classes.

Uses of Representation in org.restlet

Methods in org.restlet that return Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Representation	Message.getEntity() Returns the entity representation.

Methods in org.restlet with parameters of type Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	Message.setEntity(Representation entity) Sets the entity representation.

Constructors in org.restlet with parameters of type Representation

Constructor and Description
Message(Representation entity) Constructor.
Request(Method method, Reference resourceRef, Representation entity) Constructor.
Request(Method method, String resourceUri, Representation entity) Constructor.

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.data

Methods in org.restlet.data that return Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Representation	ReferenceList.getTextRepresentation() Returns a representation of the list in the "text/uri-list" format.
Representation	ReferenceList.getWebRepresentation() Returns a representation of the list in "text/html" format.
Representation	Form.getWebRepresentation() Returns the form as a Web representation (MediaType.APPLICATION_WWW_FORM).
Representation	Form.getWebRepresentation(CharacterSet characterSet) Returns the form as a Web representation (MediaType.APPLICATION_WWW_FORM).

Constructors in org.restlet.data with parameters of type Representation

Constructor and Description
Form(Representation webForm) Constructor.
Form(Representation webForm, boolean decode) Constructor.
ReferenceList(Representation uriList) Constructor from a "text/uri-list" representation.

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.engine.adapter

Methods in org.restlet.engine.adapter that return Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Representation	HttpRequest.getEntity() Returns the representation provided by the client.
protected Representation	Call.getRepresentation(InputStream stream) Returns the representation wrapping the given stream.
protected Representation	Call.getRepresentation(ReadableByteChannel channel) Deprecated. NIO will be removed in next major release.
Representation	ServerCall.getRequestEntity() Returns the request entity if available.
Representation	ClientCall.getResponseEntity(Response response) Returns the response entity if available.

Methods in org.restlet.engine.adapter with parameters of type Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	HttpRequest.setEntity(Representation entity)
protected void	ServerCall.writeResponseBody(Representation entity, OutputStream responseEntityStream) Effectively writes the response body.

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.engine.application

Subclasses of Representation in org.restlet.engine.application

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
class	DecodeRepresentation Representation that decodes a wrapped representation if its encoding is supported.
class	EncodeRepresentation Content that encodes a wrapped content.
class	RangeRepresentation Representation that exposes only a range of the content of a wrapped representation.

Methods in org.restlet.engine.application that return Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Representation	Decoder.decode(Representation representation) Decodes a given representation if its encodings are supported by NRE.
Representation	Encoder.encode(ClientInfo client, Representation representation) Encodes a given representation if an encoding is supported by the client.

Methods in org.restlet.engine.application with parameters of type Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	Decoder.canDecode(Representation representation) Indicates if a representation can be decoded.
Representation	Decoder.decode(Representation representation) Decodes a given representation if its encodings are supported by NRE.
Representation	Encoder.encode(ClientInfo client, Representation representation) Encodes a given representation if an encoding is supported by the client.

Constructors in org.restlet.engine.application with parameters of type Representation

Constructor and Description
DecodeRepresentation(Representation wrappedRepresentation) Constructor.
EncodeRepresentation(Encoding encoding, Representation wrappedRepresentation) Constructor.
RangeRepresentation(Representation wrappedRepresentation) Constructor.
RangeRepresentation(Representation wrappedRepresentation, Range range) Constructor.

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.engine.connector

Methods in org.restlet.engine.connector that return Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Representation	HttpUrlConnectionCall.getRepresentation(InputStream stream)

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.engine.converter

Methods in org.restlet.engine.converter that return Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Representation	StatusInfoHtmlConverter.toHtml(StatusInfo status) Returns a representation for the given status. In order to customize the default representation, this method can be overridden.
Representation	DefaultConverter.toRepresentation(Object source, Variant target, Resource resource)
abstract Representation	ConverterHelper.toRepresentation(Object source, Variant target, Resource resource) Converts a regular Java object into a Representation.
Representation	StatusInfoHtmlConverter.toRepresentation(Object source, Variant target, Resource resource)

Methods in org.restlet.engine.converter with parameters of type Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T> ConverterHelper	ConverterUtils.getBestHelper(Representation source, Class<T> target, Resource resource) Returns the best converter helper matching the given parameters.
<T> float	DefaultConverter.score(Representation source, Class<T> target, Resource resource)
abstract <T> float	ConverterHelper.score(Representation source, Class<T> target, Resource resource) Scores the affinity of this helper with the source class.
<T> float	StatusInfoHtmlConverter.score(Representation source, Class<T> target, Resource resource)
<T> T	DefaultConverter.toObject(Representation source, Class<T> target, Resource resource)
abstract <T> T	ConverterHelper.toObject(Representation source, Class<T> target, Resource resource) Converts a Representation into a regular Java object.
<T> T	StatusInfoHtmlConverter.toObject(Representation source, Class<T> target, Resource resource)

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.engine.header

Methods in org.restlet.engine.header that return Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Representation	HeaderUtils.extractEntityHeaders(Iterable<Header> headers, Representation representation) Extracts entity headers and updates a given representation or create an empty one when at least one entity header is present.

Methods in org.restlet.engine.header with parameters of type Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	HeaderUtils.addEntityHeaders(Representation entity, Series<Header> headers) Adds the entity headers based on the Representation to the Series.
static void	HeaderUtils.addNotModifiedEntityHeaders(Representation entity, Series<Header> headers) Adds the entity headers based on the Representation to the Series when a 304 (Not Modified) status is returned.
static Representation	HeaderUtils.extractEntityHeaders(Iterable<Header> headers, Representation representation) Extracts entity headers and updates a given representation or create an empty one when at least one entity header is present.
static void	RangeReader.update(String value, Representation representation) Parse the Content-Range header value and update the given representation.
static String	ContentType.writeHeader(Representation representation) Writes the HTTP "Content-Type" header.

Constructors in org.restlet.engine.header with parameters of type Representation

Constructor and Description
ContentType(Representation representation) Constructor.

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.engine.io

Methods in org.restlet.engine.io with parameters of type Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static long	IoUtils.getAvailableSize(Representation representation) Returns the size effectively available.
static ReadableByteChannel	IoUtils.getChannel(Representation representation) Deprecated. NIO will be removed in next major release.
static InputStream	IoUtils.getStream(Representation representation) Returns an input stream based on the given representation's content and its write(OutputStream) method.
static String	IoUtils.getText(Representation representation) Converts the representation to a string value.

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.engine.local

Subclasses of Representation in org.restlet.engine.local

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
class	ZipEntryRepresentation An entry in a Zip/JAR file.

Methods in org.restlet.engine.local that return Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Representation	DirectoryServerResource.delete()
protected Representation	DirectoryServerResource.get()
Representation	ZipEntryEntity.getRepresentation(MediaType defaultMediaType, int timeToLive)
Representation	FileEntity.getRepresentation(MediaType defaultMediaType, int timeToLive)
abstract Representation	Entity.getRepresentation(MediaType defaultMediaType, int timeToLive) Returns a representation of this local entity.
Representation	DirectoryServerResource.handle()
Representation	DirectoryServerResource.put(Representation entity)

Methods in org.restlet.engine.local with parameters of type Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Representation	DirectoryServerResource.put(Representation entity)

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.engine.resource

Methods in org.restlet.engine.resource with parameters of type Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
MethodAnnotationInfo	AnnotationUtils.getMethodAnnotation(List<AnnotationInfo> annotations, Method restletMethod, Form query, Representation entity, MetadataService metadataService, ConverterService converterService) Returns the first annotation descriptor matching the given Restlet method.
boolean	MethodAnnotationInfo.isCompatible(Method restletMethod, Form queryParams, Representation requestEntity, MetadataService metadataService, ConverterService converterService) Indicates if the annotated method described is compatible with the given parameters.
boolean	MethodAnnotationInfo.isCompatibleRequestEntity(Representation requestEntity, MetadataService metadataService, ConverterService converterService) Indicates if the given request entity is compatible with the annotated method described.

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.engine.util

Methods in org.restlet.engine.util with parameters of type Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Parameter	FormUtils.getFirstParameter(Representation post, String name) Reads the first parameter with the given name.
static Object	FormUtils.getParameter(Representation form, String name) Reads the parameters with the given name. If multiple values are found, a list is returned created.
static void	FormUtils.getParameters(Representation post, Map<String,Object> parameters) Reads the parameters whose name is a key in the given map. If a matching parameter is found, its value is put in the map. If multiple values are found, a list is created and set in the map.
static void	FormUtils.parse(Form form, Representation post, boolean decode) Parses a post into a given form.

Constructors in org.restlet.engine.util with parameters of type Representation

Constructor and Description
FormReader(Representation representation) Constructor. In case the representation does not define a character set, the UTF-8 character set is used.
FormReader(Representation representation, boolean decode) Constructor. In case the representation does not define a character set, the UTF-8 character set is used.

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.representation

Subclasses of Representation in org.restlet.representation

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
class	AppendableRepresentation Represents an appendable sequence of characters.
class	BufferingRepresentation Representation capable of buffering the wrapped representation.
class	ByteArrayRepresentation Representation wrapping a byte array.
class	ChannelRepresentation Deprecated. NIO will be removed in next major release.
class	CharacterRepresentation Representation based on a BIO character stream.
class	DigesterRepresentation Representation capable of computing a digest.
class	EmptyRepresentation Empty representation with no content.
class	FileRepresentation Representation based on a static file.
class	InputRepresentation Transient representation based on a BIO input stream.
class	ObjectRepresentation<T extends Serializable> Representation based on a serializable Java object. It supports binary representations of JavaBeans using the ObjectInputStream and ObjectOutputStream classes.
class	OutputRepresentation Representation based on a BIO output stream.
class	ReadableRepresentation Deprecated. NIO will be removed in next major release.
class	ReaderRepresentation Transient representation based on a BIO characters reader.
class	StreamRepresentation Representation based on a BIO stream.
class	StringRepresentation Represents an Unicode string that can be converted to any character set supported by Java.
class	WritableRepresentation Deprecated. NIO will be removed in next major release.
class	WriterRepresentation Representation based on a BIO characters writer.

Constructors in org.restlet.representation with parameters of type Representation

Constructor and Description
BufferingRepresentation(Representation bufferedRepresentation) Constructor.
DigesterRepresentation(Representation wrappedRepresentation) Constructor. By default, the instance relies on the Digest.ALGORITHM_MD5 digest algorithm.
DigesterRepresentation(Representation wrappedRepresentation, String algorithm) Constructor.
ObjectRepresentation(Representation serializedRepresentation) Constructor reading the object from a serialized representation.
ObjectRepresentation(Representation serializedRepresentation, ClassLoader classLoader) Constructor reading the object from a serialized representation.
ObjectRepresentation(Representation serializedRepresentation, ClassLoader classLoader, boolean variantObjectBinarySupported, boolean variantObjectXmlSupported) Constructor reading the object from a serialized representation.

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.resource

Methods in org.restlet.resource that return Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Representation	ClientResource.delete() Deletes the target resource and all its representations.
protected Representation	ServerResource.delete() Deletes the resource and all its representations.
Representation	ClientResource.delete(MediaType mediaType) Deletes the target resource and all its representations.
protected Representation	ServerResource.delete(Variant variant) Deletes the resource and all its representations.
protected Representation	ServerResource.describeVariants() Describes the available variants to help client-side content negotiation.
protected Representation	ServerResource.doConditionalHandle() Handles a call by first verifying the optional request conditions and continue the processing if possible.
protected Representation	ServerResource.doHandle() Effectively handles a call without content negotiation of the response entity.
protected Representation	ServerResource.doHandle(MethodAnnotationInfo annotationInfo, Variant variant) Effectively handles a call with content negotiation of the response entity using an annotated method.
protected Representation	ServerResource.doHandle(Variant variant) Effectively handles a call with content negotiation of the response entity.
protected Representation	ServerResource.doNegotiatedHandle() Effectively handles a call with content negotiation of the response entity.
Representation	ClientResource.get() Represents the resource using content negotiation to select the best variant based on the client preferences.
protected Representation	ServerResource.get() Returns a full representation.
Representation	ClientResource.get(MediaType mediaType) Represents the resource using a given media type.
protected Representation	ServerResource.get(Variant variant) Returns a full representation for a given variant.
Representation	Directory.getIndexRepresentation(Variant variant, ReferenceList indexContent) Returns an actual index representation for a given variant.
Representation	Resource.getRequestEntity() Returns the request entity representation.
Representation	Resource.getResponseEntity() Returns the response entity representation.
Representation	ClientResource.handle() Handles the call by invoking the next handler.
abstract Representation	Resource.handle() Handles the call composed of the current context, request and response.
Representation	ServerResource.handle() Handles any call to this resource.
protected Representation	ClientResource.handle(Method method) Handles the call by cloning the prototype request, setting the method and entity.
protected Representation	ClientResource.handle(Method method, MediaType mediaType) Handles the call by cloning the prototype request, setting the method and entity.
protected Representation	ClientResource.handle(Method method, Representation entity) Handles the call by cloning the prototype request, setting the method and entity.
protected Representation	ClientResource.handle(Method method, Representation entity, ClientInfo clientInfo) Handles the call by cloning the prototype request, setting the method and entity.
protected Representation	ClientResource.handle(Method method, Representation entity, MediaType mediaType) Handles the call by cloning the prototype request, setting the method and entity.
Representation	ClientResource.handleInbound(Response response) Handles the inbound call.
Representation	ClientResource.head() Represents the resource using content negotiation to select the best variant based on the client preferences.
protected Representation	ServerResource.head() Returns a representation whose metadata will be returned to the client.
Representation	ClientResource.head(MediaType mediaType) Represents the resource using a given media type.
protected Representation	ServerResource.head(Variant variant) Returns a representation whose metadata will be returned to the client.
Representation	ClientResource.options() Describes the resource using content negotiation to select the best variant based on the client preferences.
protected Representation	ServerResource.options() Indicates the communication options available for this resource.
Representation	ClientResource.options(MediaType mediaType) Describes the resource using a given media type.
protected Representation	ServerResource.options(Variant variant) Indicates the communication options available for this resource.
Representation	ClientResource.patch(Object entity) Patches a resource with the given object as delta state.
Representation	ClientResource.patch(Object entity, MediaType mediaType) Patches a resource with the given object as delta state.
Representation	ClientResource.patch(Representation entity) Patches a resource with the given representation as delta state.
protected Representation	ServerResource.patch(Representation entity) Apply a patch entity to the current representation of the resource retrieved by calling ServerResource.get().
protected Representation	ServerResource.patch(Representation entity, Variant variant) Apply a patch entity to the current representation of the resource retrieved by calling ServerResource.get().
Representation	ClientResource.post(Object entity) Posts an object entity.
Representation	ClientResource.post(Object entity, MediaType mediaType) Posts an object entity.
Representation	ClientResource.post(Representation entity) Posts a representation.
protected Representation	ServerResource.post(Representation entity) Posts a representation to the resource at the target URI reference.
protected Representation	ServerResource.post(Representation entity, Variant variant) Posts a representation to the resource at the target URI reference.
Representation	ClientResource.put(Object entity) Puts an object entity.
Representation	ClientResource.put(Object entity, MediaType mediaType) Puts an object entity.
Representation	ClientResource.put(Representation entity) Creates or updates a resource with the given representation as new state to be stored.
protected Representation	ServerResource.put(Representation entity) Creates or updates a resource with the given representation as new state to be stored.
protected Representation	ServerResource.put(Representation representation, Variant variant) Creates or updates a resource with the given representation as new state to be stored.
Representation	Resource.toRepresentation(Object source) Converts an object into a representation based on the default converter service variant.
Representation	Resource.toRepresentation(Object source, MediaType target) Converts an object into a representation based on a given media type.
Representation	Resource.toRepresentation(Object source, Variant target) Converts an object into a representation based on client preferences.

Methods in org.restlet.resource with parameters of type Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected MethodAnnotationInfo	ServerResource.getAnnotation(Method method, Form query, Representation entity) Returns the first annotation descriptor matching the given method.
protected Representation	ClientResource.handle(Method method, Representation entity) Handles the call by cloning the prototype request, setting the method and entity.
protected Representation	ClientResource.handle(Method method, Representation entity, ClientInfo clientInfo) Handles the call by cloning the prototype request, setting the method and entity.
protected Representation	ClientResource.handle(Method method, Representation entity, MediaType mediaType) Handles the call by cloning the prototype request, setting the method and entity.
Representation	ClientResource.patch(Representation entity) Patches a resource with the given representation as delta state.
protected Representation	ServerResource.patch(Representation entity) Apply a patch entity to the current representation of the resource retrieved by calling ServerResource.get().
protected Representation	ServerResource.patch(Representation entity, Variant variant) Apply a patch entity to the current representation of the resource retrieved by calling ServerResource.get().
Representation	ClientResource.post(Representation entity) Posts a representation.
protected Representation	ServerResource.post(Representation entity) Posts a representation to the resource at the target URI reference.
protected Representation	ServerResource.post(Representation entity, Variant variant) Posts a representation to the resource at the target URI reference.
Representation	ClientResource.put(Representation entity) Creates or updates a resource with the given representation as new state to be stored.
protected Representation	ServerResource.put(Representation entity) Creates or updates a resource with the given representation as new state to be stored.
protected Representation	ServerResource.put(Representation representation, Variant variant) Creates or updates a resource with the given representation as new state to be stored.
<T> T	Resource.toObject(Representation source, Class<T> target) Converts a representation into a Java object.

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.routing

Methods in org.restlet.routing that return Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Representation	Redirector.rewrite(Representation initialEntity) Optionally rewrites the response entity returned in the Redirector.MODE_SERVER_INBOUND and Redirector.MODE_SERVER_OUTBOUND modes.

Methods in org.restlet.routing with parameters of type Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Representation	Redirector.rewrite(Representation initialEntity) Optionally rewrites the response entity returned in the Redirector.MODE_SERVER_INBOUND and Redirector.MODE_SERVER_OUTBOUND modes.

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.service

Methods in org.restlet.service that return Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Representation	ConverterService.applyPatch(Representation initial, Representation patch) Applies a patch representation to an initial representation in order to obtain a modified one.
Representation	ConverterService.createPatch(Representation initial, Representation modified) Creates a patch representation by calculating a diff between initial and modified representations.
Representation	ConverterService.revertPatch(Representation modified, Representation patch) Reverts a patch representation from a modified representation in order to obtain the initial one.
Representation	ConverterService.toRepresentation(Object source) Converts a regular Java object into a Representation.
Representation	ConverterService.toRepresentation(Object source, MediaType target) Converts a regular Java object into a Representation.
Representation	ConverterService.toRepresentation(Object source, Variant target) Converts a regular Java object into a Representation.
Representation	ConverterService.toRepresentation(Object source, Variant target, Resource resource) Converts a regular Java object into a Representation.
Representation	StatusService.toRepresentation(Status status, Request request, Response response) Returns a representation for the given status.
Representation	StatusService.toRepresentation(Status status, Resource resource) Returns a representation for the given status. In order to customize the default representation, this method can be overridden.

Methods in org.restlet.service with parameters of type Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	ConnectorService.afterSend(Representation entity) Call-back method invoked by the client or server connectors just after sending the response to the target component.
Representation	ConverterService.applyPatch(Representation initial, Representation patch) Applies a patch representation to an initial representation in order to obtain a modified one.
void	ConnectorService.beforeSend(Representation entity) Call-back method invoked by the client or server connectors just before sending the response to the target component.
boolean	EncoderService.canEncode(Representation representation) Indicates if a representation can be encoded.
Representation	ConverterService.createPatch(Representation initial, Representation modified) Creates a patch representation by calculating a diff between initial and modified representations.
Representation	ConverterService.revertPatch(Representation modified, Representation patch) Reverts a patch representation from a modified representation in order to obtain the initial one.
Object	ConverterService.toObject(Representation source) Converts a Representation into a regular Java object.
<T> T	ConverterService.toObject(Representation source, Class<T> target, Resource resource) Converts a Representation into a regular Java object.

Uses of Representation in org.restlet.util

Subclasses of Representation in org.restlet.util

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
class	WrapperRepresentation Representation wrapper.

Methods in org.restlet.util that return Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Representation	WrapperResponse.getEntity() Returns the entity representation.
Representation	WrapperRequest.getEntity() Returns the entity representation.
Representation	WrapperRepresentation.getWrappedRepresentation() Returns the wrapped representation.

Methods in org.restlet.util with parameters of type Representation

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	WrapperResponse.setEntity(Representation entity) Sets the entity representation.
void	WrapperRequest.setEntity(Representation entity) Sets the entity representation.

Constructors in org.restlet.util with parameters of type Representation

Constructor and Description
ByteReadingListener(Representation source) Deprecated. Default constructor.
ByteReadingListener(Representation source, int bufferSize) Deprecated. Constructor.
CharacterReadingListener(Representation source) Deprecated. Default constructor.
CharacterReadingListener(Representation source, int bufferSize) Deprecated. Constructor.
ReadingListener(Representation source) Deprecated. Default constructor.
ReadingListener(Representation source, int bufferSize) Deprecated. Constructor.
StringReadingListener(Representation source) Deprecated. Default constructor.
StringReadingListener(Representation source, int bufferSize) Deprecated. Constructor.
WrapperRepresentation(Representation wrappedRepresentation) Constructor.