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27  
28  package org.apache.http.entity;
29  
30  import java.io.IOException;
31  import java.io.OutputStream;
32  
33  import org.apache.http.Header;
34  import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
35  import org.apache.http.annotation.NotThreadSafe;
36  import org.apache.http.message.BasicHeader;
37  import org.apache.http.protocol.HTTP;
38  
39  /**
40   * Abstract base class for entities.
41   * Provides the commonly used attributes for streamed and self-contained
42   * implementations of {@link HttpEntity HttpEntity}.
43   *
44   * @since 4.0
45   */
46  @NotThreadSafe
47  public abstract class AbstractHttpEntity implements HttpEntity {
48  
49      /**
50       * Buffer size for output stream processing.
51       *
52       * @since 4.3
53       */
54      protected static final int OUTPUT_BUFFER_SIZE = 4096;
55  
56      protected Header contentType;
57      protected Header contentEncoding;
58      protected boolean chunked;
59  
60      /**
61       * Protected default constructor.
62       * The contentType, contentEncoding and chunked attributes of the created object are set to
63       * <code>null</code>, <code>null</code> and <code>false</code>, respectively.
64       */
65      protected AbstractHttpEntity() {
66          super();
67      }
68  
69  
70      /**
71       * Obtains the Content-Type header.
72       * The default implementation returns the value of the
73       * {@link #contentType contentType} attribute.
74       *
75       * @return  the Content-Type header, or <code>null</code>
76       */
77      public Header getContentType() {
78          return this.contentType;
79      }
80  
81  
82      /**
83       * Obtains the Content-Encoding header.
84       * The default implementation returns the value of the
85       * {@link #contentEncoding contentEncoding} attribute.
86       *
87       * @return  the Content-Encoding header, or <code>null</code>
88       */
89      public Header getContentEncoding() {
90          return this.contentEncoding;
91      }
92  
93      /**
94       * Obtains the 'chunked' flag.
95       * The default implementation returns the value of the
96       * {@link #chunked chunked} attribute.
97       *
98       * @return  the 'chunked' flag
99       */
100     public boolean isChunked() {
101         return this.chunked;
102     }
103 
104 
105     /**
106      * Specifies the Content-Type header.
107      * The default implementation sets the value of the
108      * {@link #contentType contentType} attribute.
109      *
110      * @param contentType       the new Content-Encoding header, or
111      *                          <code>null</code> to unset
112      */
113     public void setContentType(final Header contentType) {
114         this.contentType = contentType;
115     }
116 
117     /**
118      * Specifies the Content-Type header, as a string.
119      * The default implementation calls
120      * {@link #setContentType(Header) setContentType(Header)}.
121      *
122      * @param ctString     the new Content-Type header, or
123      *                     <code>null</code> to unset
124      */
125     public void setContentType(final String ctString) {
126         Header h = null;
127         if (ctString != null) {
128             h = new BasicHeader(HTTP.CONTENT_TYPE, ctString);
129         }
130         setContentType(h);
131     }
132 
133 
134     /**
135      * Specifies the Content-Encoding header.
136      * The default implementation sets the value of the
137      * {@link #contentEncoding contentEncoding} attribute.
138      *
139      * @param contentEncoding   the new Content-Encoding header, or
140      *                          <code>null</code> to unset
141      */
142     public void setContentEncoding(final Header contentEncoding) {
143         this.contentEncoding = contentEncoding;
144     }
145 
146     /**
147      * Specifies the Content-Encoding header, as a string.
148      * The default implementation calls
149      * {@link #setContentEncoding(Header) setContentEncoding(Header)}.
150      *
151      * @param ceString     the new Content-Encoding header, or
152      *                     <code>null</code> to unset
153      */
154     public void setContentEncoding(final String ceString) {
155         Header h = null;
156         if (ceString != null) {
157             h = new BasicHeader(HTTP.CONTENT_ENCODING, ceString);
158         }
159         setContentEncoding(h);
160     }
161 
162 
163     /**
164      * Specifies the 'chunked' flag.
165      * <p>
166      * Note that the chunked setting is a hint only.
167      * If using HTTP/1.0, chunking is never performed.
168      * Otherwise, even if chunked is false, HttpClient must
169      * use chunk coding if the entity content length is
170      * unknown (-1).
171      * <p>
172      * The default implementation sets the value of the
173      * {@link #chunked chunked} attribute.
174      *
175      * @param b         the new 'chunked' flag
176      */
177     public void setChunked(final boolean b) {
178         this.chunked = b;
179     }
180 
181 
182     /**
183      * The default implementation does not consume anything.
184      *
185      * @deprecated (4.1) Either use {@link #getContent()} and call {@link java.io.InputStream#close()} on that;
186      * otherwise call {@link #writeTo(OutputStream)} which is required to free the resources.
187      */
188     @Deprecated
189     public void consumeContent() throws IOException {
190     }
191 
192 }