Writes the byte content to the given output stream.
Implementations must not close the output stream, and instead should flush the output
stream. Some callers may assume that the output stream has not been closed, and will fail to
work if it has been closed.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Interface HttpContent (2.0.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.0.0 (latest)](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/latest/com.google.api.client.http.HttpContent)\n- [1.47.1](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/1.47.1/com.google.api.client.http.HttpContent)\n- [1.46.3](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/1.46.3/com.google.api.client.http.HttpContent)\n- [1.45.3](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/1.45.3/com.google.api.client.http.HttpContent)\n- [1.44.2](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/1.44.2/com.google.api.client.http.HttpContent)\n- [1.43.2](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/1.43.2/com.google.api.client.http.HttpContent)\n- [1.42.3](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/1.42.3/com.google.api.client.http.HttpContent)\n- [1.41.8](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/1.41.8/com.google.api.client.http.HttpContent) \n\n public interface HttpContent extends StreamingContent\n\nSerializes HTTP request content into an output stream.\n\nImplementations don't need to be thread-safe. \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[StreamingContent](/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/latest/com.google.api.client.util.StreamingContent)\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### getLength()\n\n public abstract long getLength()\n\nReturns the content length or less than zero if not known.\n\n### getType()\n\n public abstract String getType()\n\nReturns the content type or `null` for none.\n\n### retrySupported()\n\n public abstract boolean retrySupported()\n\nReturns whether or not retry is supported on this content type.\n\n### writeTo(OutputStream out)\n\n public abstract void writeTo(OutputStream out)\n\nWrites the byte content to the given output stream.\n\nImplementations must not close the output stream, and instead should flush the output\nstream. Some callers may assume that the output stream has not been closed, and will fail to\nwork if it has been closed."]]
