/**
* Returns a readable byte channel based on the given representation's content and its
* write(WritableByteChannel) method. Internally, it uses a writer thread and a pipe channel.
*
* @param representation the representation to get the {@link OutputStream} from.
* @return A readable byte channel.
* @throws IOException
*/
public static ReadableByteChannel getChannel(final Representation representation)
throws IOException {
ReadableByteChannel result = null;
if (Edition.CURRENT != Edition.GAE) {
final java.nio.channels.Pipe pipe = java.nio.channels.Pipe.open();
org.restlet.Application application = org.restlet.Application.getCurrent();
// Get a thread that will handle the task of continuously
// writing the representation into the input side of the pipe
Runnable task =
new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
WritableByteChannel wbc = pipe.sink();
representation.write(wbc);
wbc.close();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
Context.getCurrentLogger()
.log(Level.FINE, "Error while writing to the piped channel.", ioe);
}
}
};
if (application != null && application.getTaskService() != null) {
application.getTaskService().execute(task);
} else {
new Thread(task).start();
}
result = pipe.source();
} else {
Context.getCurrentLogger()
.log(
Level.WARNING,
"The GAE edition is unable to return a channel for a representation given its write(WritableByteChannel) method.");
}
return result;
}
