URLDataSource

java.lang.Object
- javax.activation.URLDataSource

All Implemented Interfaces:

DataSource
```
public class URLDataSource
extends java.lang.Object
implements DataSource
```
The URLDataSource class provides an object that wraps a URL object in a DataSource interface. URLDataSource simplifies the handling of data described by URLs within Jakarta Activation because this class can be used to create new DataHandlers. NOTE: The DataHandler object creates a URLDataSource internally, when it is constructed with a URL.

See Also:

DataSource, DataHandler

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

URLDataSource(java.net.URL url)
URLDataSource constructor.

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`URLDataSource(java.net.URL url)` URLDataSource constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`java.lang.String`	`getContentType()` Returns the value of the URL content-type header field.
`java.io.InputStream`	`getInputStream()` The getInputStream method from the URL.
`java.lang.String`	`getName()` Calls the `getFile` method on the URL used to instantiate the object.
`java.io.OutputStream`	`getOutputStream()` The getOutputStream method from the URL.
`java.net.URL`	`getURL()` Return the URL used to create this DataSource.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - URLDataSource
```
public URLDataSource(java.net.URL url)
```
    URLDataSource constructor. The URLDataSource class will not open a connection to the URL until a method requiring it to do so is called.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - The URL to be encapsulated in this object.
- Method Detail
  - getContentType
```
public java.lang.String getContentType()
```
    Returns the value of the URL content-type header field. It calls the URL's URLConnection.getContentType method after retrieving a URLConnection object. Note: this method attempts to call the openConnection method on the URL. If this method fails, or if a content type is not returned from the URLConnection, getContentType returns "application/octet-stream" as the content type.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getContentType in interface DataSource
    
    Returns:
    
    the content type.
  - getName
```
public java.lang.String getName()
```
    Calls the getFile method on the URL used to instantiate the object.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getName in interface DataSource
    
    Returns:
    
    the result of calling the URL's getFile method.
  - getInputStream
```
public java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
                                   throws java.io.IOException
```
    The getInputStream method from the URL. Calls the openStream method on the URL.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getInputStream in interface DataSource
    
    Returns:
    
    the InputStream.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - for failures creating the InputStream
  - getOutputStream
```
public java.io.OutputStream getOutputStream()
                                     throws java.io.IOException
```
    The getOutputStream method from the URL. First an attempt is made to get the URLConnection object for the URL. If that succeeds, the getOutputStream method on the URLConnection is returned.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getOutputStream in interface DataSource
    
    Returns:
    
    the OutputStream.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - for failures creating the OutputStream
  - getURL
```
public java.net.URL getURL()
```
    Return the URL used to create this DataSource.
    
    Returns:
    
    The URL.

Class URLDataSource

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

URLDataSource

Method Detail

getContentType

getName

getInputStream

getOutputStream

getURL