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20package org.apache.james.mime4j.message;
21
22import java.io.IOException;
23import java.io.OutputStream;
24
25/**
26 * Encapsulates the body of an entity (see RFC 2045).
27 *
28 *
29 * @version $Id: Body.java,v 1.4 2004/10/04 15:36:43 ntherning Exp $
30 */
31public interface Body {
32
33    /**
34     * Gets the parent of this body.
35     *
36     * @return the parent.
37     */
38    Entity getParent();
39
40    /**
41     * Sets the parent of this body.
42     *
43     * @param parent the parent.
44     */
45    void setParent(Entity parent);
46
47    /**
48     * Writes this body to the given stream in MIME message format.
49     *
50     * @param out the stream to write to.
51     * @throws IOException on I/O errors.
52     */
53    void writeTo(OutputStream out) throws IOException;
54}
55