toString</H3><PRE>public java.lang.String <B>toString</B>()</PRE><DL><DD>  <p/>Returns a String representation of the element data. The  <code>'charset'</code> parameter of the message element's mimetype, if  any, is used to determine encoding. If the charset specified is  unsupported then the default enconding will be used.  <p/>synchronized for caching purposes.  <p/>synchronized for caching purposes.<P><DD><DL><DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/document/TextDocument.html#toString()">toString</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/document/TextDocument.html" title="interface in net.jxta.document">TextDocument</A></CODE><DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/TextMessageElement.html#toString()">toString</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/TextMessageElement.html" title="class in net.jxta.endpoint">TextMessageElement</A></CODE></DL></DD><DD><DL></DL></DD></DL><HR><A NAME="getBytes(boolean)"><!-- --></A><H3>getBytes</H3><PRE>public byte[] <B>getBytes</B>(boolean&nbsp;copy)</PRE><DL><DD>Returns a byte array which contains the element data. The byte array  returned <b>may be shared amongst all copies of the element</b>,  do not modify it. The <code>copy</code> parameter allows you to request a  private, modifiable copy of the element data.  <p/>This implementation builds the byte array from the stream.<P><DD><DL><DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/MessageElement.html#getBytes(boolean)">getBytes</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/MessageElement.html" title="class in net.jxta.endpoint">MessageElement</A></CODE></DL></DD><DD><DL><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>copy</CODE> - If true then the result can be modified without damaging the state of this MessageElement. If false, then the result may be a shared copy of the data and should be considered read-only.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>byte[] Contents of message element.</DL></DD></DL><HR><A NAME="getCharLength()"><!-- --></A><H3>getCharLength</H3><PRE>public long <B>getCharLength</B>()</PRE><DL><DD>Returns the size of the element data in characters<P><DD><DL><DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/TextMessageElement.html#getCharLength()">getCharLength</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/TextMessageElement.html" title="class in net.jxta.endpoint">TextMessageElement</A></CODE></DL></DD><DD><DL><DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>long containing the size of the element data.</DL></DD></DL><HR><A NAME="getChars(boolean)"><!-- --></A><H3>getChars</H3><PRE>public char[] <B>getChars</B>(boolean&nbsp;copy)</PRE><DL><DD>Returns a char array which contains the element data. The char array  returned <b>may be shared amongst all copies of the element</b>,  do not modify it. The <tt>copy</tt> parameter allows you to request a  private, modifiable copy of the element data.<P><DD><DL><DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/TextMessageElement.html#getChars(boolean)">getChars</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/TextMessageElement.html" title="class in net.jxta.endpoint">TextMessageElement</A></CODE></DL></DD><DD><DL><DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>char[] Contents of message element.</DL></DD></DL><HR><A NAME="getStream()"><!-- --></A><H3>getStream</H3><PRE>public java.io.InputStream <B>getStream</B>()                              throws java.io.IOException</PRE><DL><DD>Returns the stream of bytes which represents the content of this <code>Document</code>. <p/>XXX 20020519 bondolo@jxta.org  This implementation is really horrible, use getReader if you possibly can. The only alternative I see is to pass the data through a piped output stream using a print writer. To ensure that we don't deadlock, we would have to process chars from the string one at a time.<P><DD><DL><DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>An <CODE>InputStream</CODE> containing the bytes of this <code>Document</code>.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if an I/O error occurs.</DL></DD></DL><HR><A NAME="getReader()"><!-- --></A><H3>getReader</H3><PRE>public java.io.Reader <B>getReader</B>()                         throws java.io.IOException</PRE><DL><DD>Returns a character reader containing the element character data.<P><DD><DL><DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/document/TextDocument.html#getReader()">getReader</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/document/TextDocument.html" title="interface in net.jxta.document">TextDocument</A></CODE><DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/TextMessageElement.html#getReader()">getReader</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/TextMessageElement.html" title="class in net.jxta.endpoint">TextMessageElement</A></CODE></DL></DD><DD><DL><DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>InputStream of the stream containing element data.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - when there is a problem getting a reader.</DL></DD></DL><HR><A NAME="sendToStream(java.io.OutputStream)"><!-- --></A><H3>sendToStream</H3><PRE>public void <B>sendToStream</B>(java.io.OutputStream&nbsp;sendTo)                  throws java.io.IOException</PRE><DL><DD>Send the contents of this <code>Document</code> to the specified stream. <p/>This version probably has sub-optimal performance. Sub-classes should override this implementation.<P><DD><DL><DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/document/Document.html#sendToStream(java.io.OutputStream)">sendToStream</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/document/Document.html" title="interface in net.jxta.document">Document</A></CODE><DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/MessageElement.html#sendToStream(java.io.OutputStream)">sendToStream</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/MessageElement.html" title="class in net.jxta.endpoint">MessageElement</A></CODE></DL></DD><DD><DL><DT><B>Throws:</B><DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE></DL></DD></DL><HR><A NAME="sendToWriter(java.io.Writer)"><!-- --></A><H3>sendToWriter</H3><PRE>public void <B>sendToWriter</B>(java.io.Writer&nbsp;sendTo)                  throws java.io.IOException</PRE><DL><DD>Sends the element character data to the specified character writer. <p/>This version probably has sub-optimal performance. Sub-classes should override this implementation if possible.<P><DD><DL><DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/document/TextDocument.html#sendToWriter(java.io.Writer)">sendToWriter</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/document/TextDocument.html" title="interface in net.jxta.document">TextDocument</A></CODE><DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/TextMessageElement.html#sendToWriter(java.io.Writer)">sendToWriter</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/TextMessageElement.html" title="class in net.jxta.endpoint">TextMessageElement</A></CODE></DL></DD><DD><DL><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>sendTo</CODE> - the output stream to send the data to.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE> - if there is a problem sending the data to the specified stream</DL></DD></DL><!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= --><HR><!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== --><A NAME="navbar_bottom"><!-- --></A><A HREF="#skip-navbar_bottom" title="Skip navigation links"></A><TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""><TR><TD COLSPAN=3 BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"><A NAME="navbar_bottom_firstrow"><!-- --></A><TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="3" SUMMARY="">  <TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top">  <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1">    <A HREF="../../../overview-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Overview</B></FONT></A>&nbsp;</TD>  <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1">    <A HREF="package-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Package</B></FONT></A>&nbsp;</TD>  <TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1Rev"> &nbsp;<FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1Rev"><B>Class</B></FONT>&nbsp;</TD>  <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1">    <A HREF="class-use/StringMessageElement.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Use</B></FONT></A>&nbsp;</TD>  <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1">    <A HREF="package-tree.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Tree</B></FONT></A>&nbsp;</TD>  <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1">    <A HREF="../../../deprecated-list.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Deprecated</B></FONT></A>&nbsp;</TD>  <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1">    <A HREF="../../../index-all.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Index</B></FONT></A>&nbsp;</TD>  <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1">    <A HREF="../../../help-doc.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Help</B></FONT></A>&nbsp;</TD>  </TR></TABLE></TD><TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN=3><EM>JXTA J2SE</EM></TD></TR><TR><TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2">&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/OutgoingMessageEvent.html" title="class in net.jxta.endpoint"><B>PREV CLASS</B></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../net/jxta/endpoint/TextDocumentMessageElement.html" title="class in net.jxta.endpoint"><B>NEXT CLASS</B></A></FONT></TD><TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2">  <A HREF="../../../index.html" target="_top"><B>FRAMES</B></A>  &nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="StringMessageElement.html" target="_top"><B>NO FRAMES</B></A>  &nbsp;&nbsp;<SCRIPT type="text/javascript">  <!--  if(window==top) {    document.writeln('<A HREF="../../../allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A>');  }  //--></SCRIPT><NOSCRIPT>  <A HREF="../../../allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A></NOSCRIPT></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2">  SUMMARY:&nbsp;NESTED&nbsp;|&nbsp;<A HREF="#field_summary">FIELD</A>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<A HREF="#constructor_summary">CONSTR</A>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<A HREF="#method_summary">METHOD</A></FONT></TD><TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2">DETAIL:&nbsp;<A HREF="#field_detail">FIELD</A>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<A HREF="#constructor_detail">CONSTR</A>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<A HREF="#method_detail">METHOD</A></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><A NAME="skip-navbar_bottom"></A><!-- ======== END OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ======= --><HR></BODY></HTML>