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package com.sun.jersey.spi.container;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Containers implement this interface and provide an instance to the
 * {@link WebApplication} or {@link ContainerResponse}.
 *
 * @author Paul Sandoz
 */
public interface ContainerResponseWriter {

    /**
     * Write the status and headers of the response and return an output stream for the web application to write the entity of
     * the response.
     *
     * @param contentLength >=0 if the content length in bytes of the entity to be written is known,
     * otherwise -1. Containers may use this value to determine whether the "Content-Length" header can be set or utilize
     * chunked transfer encoding.
     * @param response the container response. The status and headers are obtained from the response.
     * @return the output stream to write the entity (if any).
     * @throws java.io.IOException if an error occurred when writing out the status and headers or obtaining the output stream.
     */
    OutputStream writeStatusAndHeaders(long contentLength, ContainerResponse response) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Finish writing the response. This enables the container response writer to clean up any state or flush any streams.
     *
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     */
    void finish() throws IOException;
}