com.sap.tc.complib.provider
Interface PPInputProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileInputProvider

public interface PPInputProvider

This interface represents a generic provider for input streams used to unmarshal public parts.

Method Summary

java.io.InputStream	getStreamForPublicPart() Provides an input stream for the selected public part.
void	releaseStream(java.io.InputStream stream) Releases the given input stream.

Method Detail

getStreamForPublicPart

public java.io.InputStream getStreamForPublicPart()
                                           throws ProviderException

Provides an input stream for the selected public part.

Returns:

a stream providing the part's description file.

Throws:

ProviderException - if the public part does not exist or is invalid, or the description file could not be found.

releaseStream

public void releaseStream(java.io.InputStream stream)

Releases the given input stream.

Parameters:

stream - the stream to release.