Content (pdl API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractContent, ByteContent, FileContent, InputStreamContent, URLContent
```
public interface Content
```
Content describes a group of bytes with associated mime type information. *

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	Free any resources associated with this content.
`java.lang.String`	`getContentType()`	The type of content.
`java.io.InputStream`	`getInputStream()`	The content bytes as a stream.
`java.util.Date`	`getLastModified()`	When the content was modified.
`java.lang.Long`	`getLength()`	How much content there is.
`java.lang.String`	`getSha256()`	Digest of content.

- Method Detail
  - getContentType
```
java.lang.String getContentType()
```
    The type of content.
    
    Returns:
    
    the mime content type for this content.
  - getInputStream
```
java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
                            throws java.io.IOException
```
    The content bytes as a stream.
    
    Returns:
    
    an InputStream from which content can be read.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an error occurs while creating the stream.
  - getLastModified
```
java.util.Date getLastModified()
```
    When the content was modified.
    
    Returns:
    
    Date when the content was modified.
  - getLength
```
java.lang.Long getLength()
```
    How much content there is.
    
    Returns:
    
    the actual content length, or -1 if unknown.
  - getSha256
```
java.lang.String getSha256()
                    throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Digest of content.
    
    Returns:
    
    base64 encoded sha256 of content bytes.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception - if error occurs
  - close
```
void close()
```
    Free any resources associated with this content.