Shay Banon f7b538e17f move rest request to provide content as BytesReference
this allows for better buffer usage, specifically when forwarding requests to other nodes
2012-07-07 22:49:31 +02:00

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package org.elasticsearch.common.bytes;
import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
/**
* A reference to bytes.
*/
public interface BytesReference {
/**
* Returns the byte at the specified index. Need to be between 0 and length.
*/
byte get(int index);
/**
* The length.
*/
int length();
/**
* Slice the bytes from the <tt>from</tt> index up to <tt>length</tt>.
*/
BytesReference slice(int from, int length);
/**
* A stream input of the bytes.
*/
StreamInput streamInput();
/**
* Writes the bytes directly to the output stream.
*/
void writeTo(OutputStream os) throws IOException;
/**
* Returns the bytes as a single byte array.
*/
byte[] toBytes();
/**
* Returns the bytes as a byte array, possibly sharing the underlying byte buffer.
*/
BytesArray toBytesArray();
/**
* Returns the bytes copied over as a byte array.
*/
BytesArray copyBytesArray();
/**
* Is there an underlying byte array for this bytes reference.
*/
boolean hasArray();
/**
* The underlying byte array (if exists).
*/
byte[] array();
/**
* The offset into the underlying byte array.
*/
int arrayOffset();
/**
* Converts to a string based on utf8.
*/
String toUtf8();
}