public abstract class ByteSource extends Object
A readable source of bytes, such as a file. Unlike an InputStream, a ByteSource is not an open, stateful stream for input that can be read and closed. Instead, it is an immutable supplier of InputStream instances.
ByteSource provides two kinds of methods: 
| Modifier | Constructor and Description | 
|---|---|
protected  | 
ByteSource()
Constructor for use by subclasses. 
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| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
CharSource | 
asCharSource(Charset charset)
Returns a  
CharSource view of this byte source that decodes bytes read from this source as characters using the given Charset. | 
static ByteSource | 
concat(ByteSource... sources)
Concatenates multiple  
ByteSource instances into a single source. | 
static ByteSource | 
concat(Iterable<? extends ByteSource> sources)
Concatenates multiple  
ByteSource instances into a single source. | 
static ByteSource | 
concat(Iterator<? extends ByteSource> sources)
Concatenates multiple  
ByteSource instances into a single source. | 
boolean | 
contentEquals(ByteSource other)
Checks that the contents of this byte source are equal to the contents of the given byte source. 
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long | 
copyTo(ByteSink sink)
Copies the contents of this byte source to the given  
ByteSink. | 
long | 
copyTo(OutputStream output)
Copies the contents of this byte source to the given  
OutputStream. | 
static ByteSource | 
empty()
Returns an immutable  
ByteSource that contains no bytes. | 
HashCode | 
hash(HashFunction hashFunction)
Hashes the contents of this byte source using the given hash function. 
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boolean | 
isEmpty()
Returns whether the source has zero bytes. 
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InputStream | 
openBufferedStream()
Opens a new buffered  
InputStream for reading from this source. | 
abstract InputStream | 
openStream()
Opens a new  
InputStream for reading from this source. | 
byte[] | 
read()
Reads the full contents of this byte source as a byte array. 
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<T> T | 
read(ByteProcessor<T> processor)
Reads the contents of this byte source using the given  
processor to process bytes as they are read. | 
long | 
size()
Returns the size of this source in bytes, even if doing so requires opening and traversing an entire stream. 
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Optional<Long> | 
sizeIfKnown()
Returns the size of this source in bytes, if the size can be easily determined without actually opening the data stream. 
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ByteSource | 
slice(long offset,
     long length)
Returns a view of a slice of this byte source that is at most  
length bytes long starting at the given offset. | 
static ByteSource | 
wrap(byte[] b)
Returns a view of the given byte array as a  
ByteSource. | 
public CharSource asCharSource(Charset charset)
Returns a CharSource view of this byte source that decodes bytes read from this source as characters using the given Charset.
public abstract InputStream openStream() throws IOException
Opens a new InputStream for reading from this source. This method should return a new, independent stream each time it is called.
The caller is responsible for ensuring that the returned stream is closed.
IOException - if an I/O error occurs in the process of opening the streampublic InputStream openBufferedStream() throws IOException
Opens a new buffered InputStream for reading from this source. The returned stream is not required to be a BufferedInputStream in order to allow implementations to simply delegate to openStream() when the stream returned by that method does not benefit from additional buffering (for example, a ByteArrayInputStream). This method should return a new, independent stream each time it is called.
The caller is responsible for ensuring that the returned stream is closed.
IOException - if an I/O error occurs in the process of opening the streamBufferedInputStream)public ByteSource slice(long offset, long length)
Returns a view of a slice of this byte source that is at most length bytes long starting at the given offset. If offset is greater than the size of this source, the returned source will be empty. If offset + length is greater than the size of this source, the returned source will contain the slice starting at offset and ending at the end of this source.
IllegalArgumentException - if offset or length is negativepublic boolean isEmpty()
                throws IOException
Returns whether the source has zero bytes. The default implementation returns true if sizeIfKnown() returns zero, falling back to opening a stream and checking for EOF if the size is not known.
Note that, in cases where sizeIfKnown returns zero, it is possible that bytes are actually available for reading. (For example, some special files may return a size of 0 despite actually having content when read.) This means that a source may return true from isEmpty() despite having readable content.
IOException - if an I/O error occurs@Beta public Optional<Long> sizeIfKnown()
Returns the size of this source in bytes, if the size can be easily determined without actually opening the data stream.
The default implementation returns Optional.empty(). Some sources, such as a file, may return a non-absent value. Note that in such cases, it is possible that this method will return a different number of bytes than would be returned by reading all of the bytes (for example, some special files may return a size of 0 despite actually having content when read).
Additionally, for mutable sources such as files, a subsequent read may return a different number of bytes if the contents are changed.
public long size()
          throws IOException
Returns the size of this source in bytes, even if doing so requires opening and traversing an entire stream. To avoid a potentially expensive operation, see sizeIfKnown().
The default implementation calls sizeIfKnown() and returns the value if present. If absent, it will fall back to a heavyweight operation that will open a stream, read (or skip, if possible) to the end of the stream and return the total number of bytes that were read.
Note that for some sources that implement sizeIfKnown() to provide a more efficient implementation, it is possible that this method will return a different number of bytes than would be returned by reading all of the bytes (for example, some special files may return a size of 0 despite actually having content when read).
In either case, for mutable sources such as files, a subsequent read may return a different number of bytes if the contents are changed.
IOException - if an I/O error occurs in the process of reading the size of this sourcepublic long copyTo(OutputStream output) throws IOException
Copies the contents of this byte source to the given OutputStream. Does not close output.
IOException - if an I/O error occurs in the process of reading from this source or  writing to outputpublic long copyTo(ByteSink sink) throws IOException
Copies the contents of this byte source to the given ByteSink.
IOException - if an I/O error occurs in the process of reading from this source or  writing to sinkpublic byte[] read()
            throws IOException
Reads the full contents of this byte source as a byte array.
IOException - if an I/O error occurs in the process of reading from this source@Beta public <T> T read(ByteProcessor<T> processor) throws IOException
Reads the contents of this byte source using the given processor to process bytes as they are read. Stops when all bytes have been read or the consumer returns false. Returns the result produced by the processor.
IOException - if an I/O error occurs in the process of reading from this source or if  processor throws an IOExceptionpublic HashCode hash(HashFunction hashFunction) throws IOException
Hashes the contents of this byte source using the given hash function.
IOException - if an I/O error occurs in the process of reading from this sourcepublic boolean contentEquals(ByteSource other) throws IOException
Checks that the contents of this byte source are equal to the contents of the given byte source.
IOException - if an I/O error occurs in the process of reading from this source or  otherpublic static ByteSource concat(Iterable<? extends ByteSource> sources)
Concatenates multiple ByteSource instances into a single source. Streams returned from the source will contain the concatenated data from the streams of the underlying sources.
Only one underlying stream will be open at a time. Closing the concatenated stream will close the open underlying stream.
sources - the sources to concatenateByteSource containing the concatenated datapublic static ByteSource concat(Iterator<? extends ByteSource> sources)
Concatenates multiple ByteSource instances into a single source. Streams returned from the source will contain the concatenated data from the streams of the underlying sources.
Only one underlying stream will be open at a time. Closing the concatenated stream will close the open underlying stream.
Note: The input Iterator will be copied to an ImmutableList when this method is called. This will fail if the iterator is infinite and may cause problems if the iterator eagerly fetches data for each source when iterated (rather than producing sources that only load data through their streams). Prefer using the concat(Iterable) overload if possible.
sources - the sources to concatenateByteSource containing the concatenated dataNullPointerException - if any of sources is nullpublic static ByteSource concat(ByteSource... sources)
Concatenates multiple ByteSource instances into a single source. Streams returned from the source will contain the concatenated data from the streams of the underlying sources.
Only one underlying stream will be open at a time. Closing the concatenated stream will close the open underlying stream.
sources - the sources to concatenateByteSource containing the concatenated dataNullPointerException - if any of sources is nullpublic static ByteSource wrap(byte[] b)
Returns a view of the given byte array as a ByteSource. To view only a specific range in the array, use ByteSource.wrap(b).slice(offset, length).
ByteStreams.asByteSource(byte[])).public static ByteSource empty()
Returns an immutable ByteSource that contains no bytes.