poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/ObjectData.java

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package org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.DirectoryEntry;

/**
 * Common interface for OLE shapes, i.e. shapes linked to embedded documents
 * 
 * @since POI 3.16-beta2
 */
public interface ObjectData extends SimpleShape {
    /**
     * @return the data portion, for an ObjectData that doesn't have an associated POIFS Directory Entry
     */
    byte[] getObjectData() throws IOException;

    /**
     * @return does this ObjectData have an associated POIFS Directory Entry?
     * (Not all do, those that don't have a data portion)
     */
    boolean hasDirectoryEntry();

    /**
     * Gets the object data. Only call for ones that have
     * data though. See {@link #hasDirectoryEntry()}.
     * The caller has to close the corresponding POIFSFileSystem
     *
     * @return the object data as an OLE2 directory.
     * @throws IOException if there was an error reading the data.
     */
    DirectoryEntry getDirectory() throws IOException;

    /**
     * @return the OLE2 Class Name of the object
     */
    String getOLE2ClassName();

    /**
     * @return a filename suggestion - inspecting/interpreting the Directory object probably gives a better result
     */
    String getFileName();

    /**
     * @return the preview picture
     */
    PictureData getPictureData();
}