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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 [email protected]
*/
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 occured 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;
}