htsjdk.tribble.util

Interface URLHelper

All Known Implementing Classes:

FTPHelper, HTTPHelper, RemoteURLHelper

public interface URLHelper

Interface defining a helper class for dealing with URL resources. Purpose of this class is to provide the flexibility to use either URLConnection or Apache HTTPClient. Also want to delegate to either HTTP or FTP

See Also:

HTTPHelper, FTPHelper

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	exists()
long	getContentLength()
java.net.URL	getUrl()
java.io.InputStream	openInputStream()
java.io.InputStream	openInputStreamForRange(long start, long end) Deprecated. Will be removed in a future release, as is somewhat fragile and not used.

Method Detail

getUrl

java.net.URL getUrl()

getContentLength

long getContentLength()
               throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

openInputStream

java.io.InputStream openInputStream()
                             throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

openInputStreamForRange

@Deprecated
java.io.InputStream openInputStreamForRange(long start,
                                                        long end)
                                                 throws java.io.IOException

Deprecated. Will be removed in a future release, as is somewhat fragile and not used.

May throw an OperationUnsupportedException

Parameters:

start -

end -

Returns:

Throws:

java.io.IOException

exists

boolean exists()
        throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException