en/java/javase/17/docs/api/java.base/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io" class="external-link">IOException</a></span></div>
<div class="block">This method will return an InputStream representing the
 the data and will throw an IOException if it can
 not do so. This method will return a new
 instance of InputStream with each invocation.</div>
<dl class="notes">
<dt>Specified by:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="DataSource.html#getInputStream()">getInputStream</a></code>&nbsp;in interface&n