Package org.apache.axiom.blob

Class Blobs

java.lang.Object

org.apache.axiom.blob.Blobs

public final class Blobs
extends Object

Contains factory methods to create various types of blobs.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Blob	createBlob(byte[] data)	Create a blob from a byte array.
static MemoryBlob	createMemoryBlob()	Create a MemoryBlob instance.
static OverflowableBlob	createOverflowableBlob(int threshold, String tempPrefix, String tempSuffix, File tempDirectory)	Create an OverflowableBlob that overflows to a temporary file.
static OverflowableBlob	createOverflowableBlob(int threshold, WritableBlobFactory<?> overflowBlobFactory)	Create an OverflowableBlob.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

createBlob

public static Blob createBlob(byte[] data)

Create a blob from a byte array.

Parameters:

data - the byte array

Returns:

the blob

createMemoryBlob

public static MemoryBlob createMemoryBlob()

Create a MemoryBlob instance.

Returns:

the blob

createOverflowableBlob

public static OverflowableBlob createOverflowableBlob(int threshold,
 WritableBlobFactory<?> overflowBlobFactory)

Create an OverflowableBlob.

Parameters:

threshold - the threshold above which data is transferred to the overflow blob

overflowBlobFactory - the factory that will be used to create the overflow blob

Returns:

the blob

createOverflowableBlob

public static OverflowableBlob createOverflowableBlob(int threshold,
 String tempPrefix,
 String tempSuffix,
 File tempDirectory)

Create an OverflowableBlob that overflows to a temporary file. Temporary files are created using File.createTempFile(String, String, File).

Parameters:

threshold - the overflow threshold

tempPrefix - the prefix to be used in generating the name of the temporary file

tempSuffix - the suffix to be used in generating the name of the temporary file

tempDirectory - the directory in which the temporary file is to be created, or null if the default temporary directory is to be used

Returns:

the blob