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package org.apache.axis2.builder;

import org.apache.axiom.attachments.Attachments;
import org.apache.axiom.om.OMElement;
import org.apache.axis2.AxisFault;
import org.apache.axis2.context.MessageContext;

/**
 * Extension interface for {@link Builder} implementations that can build a message from a MIME
 * multipart message. This interface should be implemented by message builders associated with MIME
 * types that can appear as the root part of a multipart message. This is the case for SwA and MTOM.
 * 
 * The {@link #processMIMEMessage(Attachments, String, MessageContext)} method is called by
 * {@link MIMEBuilder} (which is associated by default with the multipart/related MIME
 * type) after identifying the target builder based on the content type of the root part.
 */
public interface MIMEAwareBuilder extends Builder {
    /**
     * Process a MIME multipart message and initialize the message context.
     * 
     * @param attachments
     *            the MIME message
     * @param contentType
     *            the content type of the root part, as specified by the type parameter in
     *            the content type of the MIME message
     * @param messageContext
     *            the message context
     * @return the SOAP infoset for the given message (which is typically a representation of the
     *         root part of the MIME message)
     * @throws AxisFault
     */
    OMElement processMIMEMessage(Attachments attachments, String contentType,
            MessageContext messageContext) throws AxisFault;
}