# body-image
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The _body-image_ crate provides a uniform access strategy for HTTP body
payloads which may be scattered across multiple allocations in RAM, or buffered
to a temporary file, and optionally memory mapped. This effectively enables
trading some file I/O cost in return for supporting significantly larger bodies
without risk of exhausting RAM.
See the top-level (project workspace) README for additional rationale.
## Minimum supported rust version
MSRV := 1.39.0
The crate will fail fast on any lower rustc (via a build.rs version
check) and is also CI tested on this version.
## License
This project is dual licensed under either of following:
* The Apache License, version 2.0 ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE)
or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* The MIT License ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT)
or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
### Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in body-image by you, as defined by the Apache License, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.