/*
* (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2001.
* All Rights Reserved.
*/
package org.eclipse.compare;
import java.io.InputStream;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
/**
* An IStreamContentAccessor
object represents a set of bytes which can be
* accessed by means of a stream.
*
* Clients may implement this interface, or use the standard implementation,
* BufferedContent
.
*
* @see BufferedContent
*/
public interface IStreamContentAccessor {
/**
* Returns an open InputStream
for this object which can be used to retrieve the object's content.
* The client is responsible for closing the stream when finished.
* Returns null
if this object has no streamable contents.
*
* @return an input stream containing the contents of this object
* @exception CoreException if the contents of this object could not be accessed
*/
InputStream getContents() throws CoreException;
}