HttpContent (Netty API Reference (5.0.0.Alpha4))

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, DecoderResultProvider, HttpObject, Resource<R>

All Known Subinterfaces:

FullHttpMessage<R>, FullHttpRequest, FullHttpResponse, LastHttpContent<R>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultFullHttpRequest, DefaultFullHttpResponse, DefaultHttpContent, DefaultLastHttpContent, EmptyLastHttpContent
```
public interface HttpContent<R extends HttpContent<R>>
extends HttpObject, Resource<R>
```
An HTTP chunk which is used for HTTP chunked transfer-encoding. HttpObjectDecoder generates HttpContent after HttpMessage when the content is large or the encoding of the content is 'chunked. If you prefer not to receive HttpContent in your handler, place HttpObjectAggregator after HttpObjectDecoder in the ChannelPipeline.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`R`	`copy()`	Create a copy of this HTTP content instance, and return it.
`Buffer`	`payload()`	Returns the `Buffer` representing the payload of the HTTP message.

Methods inherited from interface io.netty5.handler.codec.DecoderResultProvider
decoderResult, setDecoderResult

Methods inherited from interface io.netty5.util.Resource
close, isAccessible, send, touch

- Method Detail
  - payload
```
Buffer payload()
```
    Returns the Buffer representing the payload of the HTTP message.
    
    Returns:
    
    The Buffer representing the payload of the HTTP message.
  - copy
```
R copy()
```
    Create a copy of this HTTP content instance, and return it.
    
    Returns:
    
    A copy of this HTTP content object.