StreamingOutput (jakarta.ws.rs-api 2.1.6 API)

```
public interface StreamingOutput
```
A type that may be used as a resource method return value or as the entity in a Response when the application wishes to stream the output. This is a lightweight alternative to a MessageBodyWriter.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Paul Sandoz, Marc Hadley

See Also:

MessageBodyWriter, Response

- Method Summary
  
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  void write(OutputStream output)
  Called to write the message body.

- Method Detail
  - write
```
void write(OutputStream output)
    throws IOException,
           WebApplicationException
```
    Called to write the message body.
    
    Parameters:
    
    output - the OutputStream to write to.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an IO error is encountered
    
    WebApplicationException - if a specific HTTP error response needs to be produced. Only effective if thrown prior to any bytes being written to output.