Blob (Axiom Compatibility Classes API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

WritableBlob

All Known Implementing Classes:

MemoryBlob, OverflowBlob
```
public interface Blob
```
Deprecated.
Use Blob instead.

Stores binary data.
Not that blobs are not thread safe. While they support requesting multiple concurrent input streams, these streams must be used in the same thread, unless appropriate synchronization or locking is done.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`InputStream`	`getInputStream()`	Deprecated. Get an input stream to read the data in the blob.
`long`	`getLength()`	Deprecated. Get the length of the data in the blob, i.e. the number of bytes.
`void`	`writeTo(OutputStream out)`	Deprecated. Write the data to a given output stream.

- Method Detail
  - getInputStream
```
InputStream getInputStream()
                    throws IOException
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Get an input stream to read the data in the blob.
    
    Returns:
    
    the input stream to read the data from
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - writeTo
```
void writeTo(OutputStream out)
      throws org.apache.axiom.ext.io.StreamCopyException
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Write the data to a given output stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    out - The output stream to write the data to. This method will not close the stream.
    
    Throws:
    
    org.apache.axiom.ext.io.StreamCopyException - Thrown if there is an I/O when reading the data from the blob or when writing it to the stream. StreamCopyException.getOperation() can be used to determine whether the failed operation was a read or a write.
  - getLength
```
long getLength()
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Get the length of the data in the blob, i.e. the number of bytes.
    
    Returns:
    
    the length of the data in the blob