io.netty.handler.codec.http

Class HttpChunkedInput

java.lang.Object

io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpChunkedInput

All Implemented Interfaces:

ChunkedInput<HttpContent>

public class HttpChunkedInput
extends java.lang.Object
implements ChunkedInput<HttpContent>

A ChunkedInput that fetches data chunk by chunk for use with HTTP chunked transfers.

Each chunk from the input data will be wrapped within a HttpContent. At the end of the input data, LastHttpContent will be written.

Ensure that your HTTP response header contains Transfer-Encoding: chunked.

 public void messageReceived(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, FullHttpRequest request) throws Exception {
     HttpResponse response = new DefaultHttpResponse(HTTP_1_1, OK);
     response.headers().set(TRANSFER_ENCODING, CHUNKED);
     ctx.write(response);

     HttpContentChunkedInput httpChunkWriter = new HttpChunkedInput(
         new ChunkedFile("/tmp/myfile.txt"));
     ChannelFuture sendFileFuture = ctx.write(httpChunkWriter);
 }
 

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HttpChunkedInput(ChunkedInput<ByteBuf> input) Creates a new instance using the specified input.
HttpChunkedInput(ChunkedInput<ByteBuf> input, LastHttpContent lastHttpContent) Creates a new instance using the specified input.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Releases the resources associated with the input.
boolean	isEndOfInput() Return true if and only if there is no data left in the stream and the stream has reached at its end.
HttpContent	readChunk(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) Fetches a chunked data from the stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HttpChunkedInput

public HttpChunkedInput(ChunkedInput<ByteBuf> input)

Creates a new instance using the specified input.

Parameters:

input - ChunkedInput containing data to write

HttpChunkedInput

public HttpChunkedInput(ChunkedInput<ByteBuf> input,
                        LastHttpContent lastHttpContent)

Creates a new instance using the specified input. lastHttpContent will be written as the terminating chunk.

Parameters:

input - ChunkedInput containing data to write

lastHttpContent - LastHttpContent that will be written as the terminating chunk. Use this for training headers.

Method Detail

isEndOfInput

public boolean isEndOfInput()
                     throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from interface: ChunkedInput

Return true if and only if there is no data left in the stream and the stream has reached at its end.

Specified by:

isEndOfInput in interface ChunkedInput<HttpContent>

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

close

public void close()
           throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from interface: ChunkedInput

Releases the resources associated with the input.

Specified by:

close in interface ChunkedInput<HttpContent>

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

readChunk

public HttpContent readChunk(ChannelHandlerContext ctx)
                      throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from interface: ChunkedInput

Fetches a chunked data from the stream. Once this method returns the last chunk and thus the stream has reached at its end, any subsequent ChunkedInput.isEndOfInput() call must return true.

Specified by:

readChunk in interface ChunkedInput<HttpContent>

Returns:

the fetched chunk. null if there is no data left in the stream. Please note that null does not necessarily mean that the stream has reached at its end. In a slow stream, the next chunk might be unavailable just momentarily.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception