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37Representations for HTTP message entities.
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39An {@link org.apache.http.HttpEntity entity} is the optional content of a
40{@link org.apache.http.HttpMessage message}.
41You'll find a basic selection of entity implementations here.
42If you need to send an entity, you can provide it for example as a
43{@link org.apache.http.entity.ByteArrayEntity byte array},
44{@link org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity string},
45{@link org.apache.http.entity.FileEntity file}, or through an arbitrary
46{@link org.apache.http.entity.InputStreamEntity input stream}.
47If you receive a message with an entity, you typically get that as a
48{@link org.apache.http.entity.BasicHttpEntity basic} entity.
49Entity implementations can be
50{@link org.apache.http.entity.HttpEntityWrapper wrapped},
51for example to
52{@link org.apache.http.entity.BufferedHttpEntity buffer}
53the content in memory.
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