ContentEncoding (central-repository 4.0.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

IdentityContentEncoding
```
public interface ContentEncoding
```
Interface for defining HTTP encoding handlers. A HTTP encoding handler is able to decode data from an InputStream and encode data to an OutputStream.
Encodings are specified in HTTP headers such as content-encoding, transfer-encoding, accept-encoding.
Encoding handlers should be registered in the HttpServer in order to use them.

See Also:

EncodingRegistry.registerContentEncoding(ContentEncoding)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getId()`	Returns the name of the supported encoding.
`InputStream`	`open(InputStream original)`	Returns an `InputStream` to read the decoded data from the `original` `InputStream`.
`OutputStream`	`open(OutputStream original)`	Wraps the `original` `OutputStream` with a special `OutputStream` which performs the encoding.

- Method Detail
  - getId
```
String getId()
```
    Returns the name of the supported encoding.
    
    Returns:
    
    an internal String in lower case format.
  - open
```
InputStream open(InputStream original)
          throws IOException
```
    Returns an InputStream to read the decoded data from the original InputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    original - the InputStream to read the encoded data.
    
    Returns:
    
    the InputStream to read the decoded data.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if any I/O error occurs.
  - open
```
OutputStream open(OutputStream original)
           throws IOException
```
    Wraps the original OutputStream with a special OutputStream which performs the encoding. Returns an OutputStream to encode the data from the original OutputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    original - the output stream to wrap.
    
    Returns:
    
    the OutputStream to encode the data.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if any I/O error occurs.