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package com.sun.jersey.api.core;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import javax.ws.rs.core.GenericEntity;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.StatusType;

/**
 * An abstraction of a HTTP response.
 * 
 * The default state is a HTTP response with a status code of 204 
 * (No Content) with no headers and entity.
 */
public interface HttpResponseContext {

    /**
     * Get the response that was set.
     * 
     * @return the response.
     */
    Response getResponse();
    
    /**
     * Set the response state from a Response instance. This replaces a 
     * pre-existing response state.
     *
     * @param response the response.
     */
    void setResponse(Response response);
    
    /**
     * Check if the response has been set using the setReponse methods.
     * 
     * @return true if the response has been set.
     */
    boolean isResponseSet();
    
    /**
     * Get the throwable (if any) that was mapped to a response.
     * 
     * @return the throwable that was mapped to a response, otherwise null
     *         if no throwable was mapped to a response.
     */
    Throwable getMappedThrowable();

    /**
     * @return the status type of the response
     */
    StatusType getStatusType();

    /**
     * Set the status type of the response.
     * @param statusType the status type.
     */
    void setStatusType(StatusType statusType);

    /**
     * @return the status of the response
     */
    int getStatus();
    
    /**
     * Set the status of the response.
     * @param status the status.
     */
    void setStatus(int status);
    
    /**
     * @return the entity of the response.
     */
    Object getEntity();
    
    /**
     * 
     * @return the type of the entity.
     */
    Type getEntityType();
    
    /**
     * Get the original entity instance that was set by
     * {@link #setEntity(java.lang.Object)}.
     */
    Object getOriginalEntity();

    /**
     * Set the entity of the response.
     * 

     * If the entity is an instance of {@link GenericEntity} then the entity
     * and entity type are set from the entity and type of that
     * {@link GenericEntity}. Otherwise, the entity is set from the entity 
     * parameter and the type is the class of that parameter.
     * 

     * If it is necessary to wrap an entity that may have been set with an
     * instance of {@link GenericEntity} then utilize the
     * {@link #getOriginalEntity() }, for example:
     * 
     *     HttpResponseContext r = ...
     *     r.setEntity(wrap(getOriginalEntity()));
     *


*
* @param entity the entity.
*/
void setEntity(Object entity);
/**
* Get the annotations associated with the response entity (if any).
*
* @return the annotations.
*/
Annotation[] getAnnotations();
/**
* Set the annotations associated with the response entity (if any).
*
* @param annotations the annotations.
*/
void setAnnotations(Annotation[] annotations);
/**
* Get the HTTP response headers. The returned map is case-insensitive
* with respect to the keys (header values). The method {@link #setResponse}
* will replace any headers previously set.
*
* @return a mutable map of headerd.
*/
MultivaluedMap getHttpHeaders();
/**
* Get the media type of the response entity.
*
* @return the media type or null if there is no response entity.
*/
MediaType getMediaType();
/**
* Get an {@link OutputStream} to which an entity may be written.
* 
* The first byte written will result in the writing of thethe status code
* and headers.
*
* @return the output stream
* @throws java.io.IOException if an IO error occurs
*/
OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException;
/**
* Ascertain if a response has been committed to the container.
*

* A response is committed if the status code, headers have been * written to the container. * * @return true if the response has been committed. */ boolean isCommitted(); }