1 /***
2 * Copyright 2003-2010 Terracotta, Inc.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package net.sf.ehcache;
18
19 import java.io.Serializable;
20
21 /***
22 * A bean used to wrap byte[] values to be placed in an Element so as to preserve MIME type information.
23 * <p/>
24 * This class provides the means to bypass Java's serialization mechanism to as to store anything that can be turned
25 * into bytes. It opens the way to non Java uses of ehcache.
26 *
27 * @author Greg Luck
28 * @version $Id: MimeTypeByteArray.html 13146 2011-08-01 17:12:39Z oletizi $
29 */
30 public class MimeTypeByteArray implements Serializable {
31
32 private String mimeType;
33 private byte[] value;
34
35 /***
36 * Empty constructor, as required for JavaBeans
37 */
38 public MimeTypeByteArray() {
39
40 }
41
42 /***
43 * Full constructor
44 *
45 * @param mimeType any String that provides information as to the type of the value
46 * @param value an arbitrary binary value.
47 */
48 public MimeTypeByteArray(String mimeType, byte[] value) {
49 this.mimeType = mimeType;
50 this.value = value;
51 }
52
53 /***
54 * @return a String that provides information as to the type of the value
55 */
56 public String getMimeType() {
57 return mimeType;
58 }
59
60 /***
61 *
62 * @param mimeType any String that provides information as to the type of the value
63 */
64 public void setMimeType(String mimeType) {
65 this.mimeType = mimeType;
66 }
67
68 /***
69 * @return the value, which can be any arbitrary binary value.
70 * @see #getMimeType()
71 */
72 public byte[] getValue() {
73 return value;
74 }
75
76 /***
77 * @param value an arbitrary binary value.
78 */
79 public void setValue(byte[] value) {
80 this.value = value;
81 }
82
83 }