Artifact (TIBCO Streaming Product Javadoc 10.6.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.tibco.ep.sb.ads.Artifact

```
public class Artifact
extends Object
```
An artifact loaded in the cluster.
An Artifact instance is uniquely identified by its type, name, and version.

Since:

10.2

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getData()`	Deprecated. Use `getInputStream()` instead.
`String`	`getEncoding()`
`InputStream`	`getInputStream()`
`boolean`	`getLatest()`
`String`	`getMetadata()`
`String`	`getName()`
`String`	`getType()`
`String`	`getVersion()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - getType
```
public String getType()
```
    Returns:
    
    Artifact's type
  - getName
```
public String getName()
```
    Returns:
    
    Artifact's name
  - getVersion
```
public String getVersion()
```
    Returns:
    
    Artifact's version
  - getLatest
```
public boolean getLatest()
```
    Returns:
    
    Whether or not the artifact is tagged as the "latest" version of the artifact.
  - getData
```
public String getData()
```
    Deprecated.
    Use getInputStream() instead.
    
    Returns the artifact's data.
    This operation may read the artifact's data from a file. If an I/O error occurs a StreamBaseRuntimeException is thrown.
    
    Returns:
    
    Artifact's data
    
    Throws:
    
    StreamBaseRuntimeException - if a file I/O error occurs
  - getMetadata
```
public String getMetadata()
```
    Returns:
    
    Artifact metadata, or empty string if no artifact metadata exists for this artifact
  - getEncoding
```
public String getEncoding()
```
    Returns:
    
    Artifact encoding, or empty string if no encoding was set for this artifact
  - getInputStream
```
public InputStream getInputStream()
```
    Returns:
    
    Artifact input stream