Hi Pedro,
+1 for the 2. option.
And yes, contributions are warmly welcome.
Please file a RFE, and attach a patch there.
Thanks,
~Jakub
On 21.9.2011 12:05, pallipp_at_gmail.com wrote:
> Howdy!
>
> I think it would be nice if we could have an additional support for
> byte[] instead of just flat File objects in FormDataBodyPart. I think
> there are situations in which we don't need to hit the disk before
> sending the data through the wire (or do we?)
>
> According to the javadoc [1] there is only a File object support.
>
> If you agree that such feature is acceptable, than I think that either:
> 1. The FileDataBodyPart should be adjusted to support byte[] or,
> 2. Another subclass of FormDataBodyPart should be created which will
> support the byte[].
>
> Personally, I'd prefer the 2. option.
>
> What do you think about that?
> Are you open for contributions?
>
> The idea for this feature was born in Arquillian project [2].
>
> Cheers!
>
> Pedro
>
> [1] -
> http://jersey.java.net/nonav/apidocs/1.9.1/contribs/jersey-multipart/co
> m/sun/jersey/multipart/file/FileDataBodyPart.html
> [2] - https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ARQ-569
>