Body (AHC/Client 3.0.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

All Known Subinterfaces:

RandomAccessBody

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteArrayBodyGenerator.ByteBody, MultipartBody, PushBody
```
public interface Body
extends Closeable
```
A request body.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class Body.BodyState

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`long`	`getContentLength()`	Gets the length of the body.
`Body.BodyState`	`transferTo(io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf target)`	Reads the next chunk of bytes from the body.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable
close

- Method Detail
  - getContentLength
```
long getContentLength()
```
    Gets the length of the body.
    
    Returns:
    
    The length of the body in bytes, or negative if unknown.
  - transferTo
```
Body.BodyState transferTo(io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf target)
                   throws IOException
```
    Reads the next chunk of bytes from the body.
    
    Parameters:
    
    target - The buffer to store the chunk in, must not be null.
    
    Returns:
    
    The state.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - If the chunk could not be read.