Binary (Hippo CMS7 Services 15.2.0 API)

```
public interface Binary
```
Binary data.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`dispose()`	Releases all resources associated with this binary and informs the implementation that these resources may now be reclaimed.
`long`	`getSize()`
`InputStream`	`getStream()`	Returns an `InputStream` representation of this binary.

- Method Detail
  - getStream
```
InputStream getStream()
```
    Returns an InputStream representation of this binary. Each call to getStream() returns a new stream. The caller is responsible for calling close() on the returned stream.
    
    Returns:
    
    A stream representation of this binary.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalStateException - if dispose() has already been called.
    
    WebFileException - if another error occurs.
  - getSize
```
long getSize()
```
    Returns:
    
    the size of this binary in bytes.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalStateException - if dispose() has already been called.
    
    WebFileException - if another error occurs.
  - dispose
```
void dispose()
```
    Releases all resources associated with this binary and informs the implementation that these resources may now be reclaimed. An application should call this method when it is finished with the binary object.