org.apache.jackrabbit.api

Interface ReferenceBinary

All Superinterfaces:

Binary

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleReferenceBinary

public interface ReferenceBinary
extends Binary

Referenceable binary. In addition to the normal JCR Binary functionality, implementations of this class contain a secure reference to the storage location of the binary stream. This reference can be used to efficiently copy binaries across servers as long as both the source and target servers use the same underlying storage for binaries.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getReference() Returns a secure reference to this binary, or null if such a reference is not available.

Methods inherited from interface javax.jcr.Binary

dispose, getSize, getStream, read

Method Detail

getReference

java.lang.String getReference()

Returns a secure reference to this binary, or null if such a reference is not available.

Returns:

binary reference, or null