public static ByteSource bytes()

in lang/src/main/java/org/apache/shiro/lang/util/ByteSource.java [166:193]


        public static ByteSource bytes(Object source) throws IllegalArgumentException {
            if (source == null) {
                return null;
            }
            if (!isCompatible(source)) {
                String msg = "Unable to heuristically acquire bytes for object of type ["
                        + source.getClass().getName() + "].  If this type is indeed a byte-backed data type, you might "
                        + "want to write your own ByteSource implementation to extract its bytes explicitly.";
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(msg);
            }
            if (source instanceof byte[]) {
                return bytes((byte[]) source);
            } else if (source instanceof ByteSource) {
                return (ByteSource) source;
            } else if (source instanceof char[]) {
                return bytes((char[]) source);
            } else if (source instanceof String) {
                return bytes((String) source);
            } else if (source instanceof File) {
                return bytes((File) source);
            } else if (source instanceof InputStream) {
                return bytes((InputStream) source);
            } else {
                throw new IllegalStateException("Encountered unexpected byte source.  This is a bug - please notify "
                        + "the Shiro developer list asap (the isCompatible implementation does not reflect this "
                        + "method's implementation).");
            }
        }