org.ballerinalang.runtime.message

Interface MessageDataSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

BallerinaMessageDataSource, BJSON, BlobDataSource, BMap, BXML, BXMLItem, BXMLSequence, StringDataSource

public interface MessageDataSource

An interface which represents the message after loading in to memory (After first built).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getContentType() Reruns the content-type of the data.
Object	getDataObject() Returns the data-object of the data source.
String	getMessageAsString() Returns the entire message as string.
Object	getValue(String path) Returns the value.
String	getValueAsString(String path) Returns the string value of the given path.
String	getValueAsString(String path, Map<String,String> properties) Returns the string value of the path.
void	serializeData(OutputStream outputStream) Serialize data in to a byte stream.
void	setContentType(String type) Set the content type of the data.

Method Detail

getValueAsString

String getValueAsString(String path)

Returns the string value of the given path.

Parameters:

path - value path

Returns:

value

getValueAsString

String getValueAsString(String path,
                        Map<String,String> properties)

Returns the string value of the path.

Parameters:

path - value path

properties - meta info

Returns:

value

getValue

Object getValue(String path)

Returns the value.

Parameters:

path - value path

Returns:

value

getDataObject

Object getDataObject()

Returns the data-object of the data source.

Returns:

data-object

getContentType

String getContentType()

Reruns the content-type of the data.

Returns:

content-type

setContentType

void setContentType(String type)

Set the content type of the data.

Parameters:

type - content-type

serializeData

void serializeData(OutputStream outputStream)

Serialize data in to a byte stream.

getMessageAsString

String getMessageAsString()

Returns the entire message as string.

Returns:

message