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/*
 * Copyright 2004,2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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package org.apache.axiom.attachments;

import org.apache.axiom.om.OMException;

/**
 * Container for AttachmentStream s. This class provides an SwA like 
 * access mechanism, allowing applications to access the streams directly. 
 * Access it intentionally restrictred to either SwA like (stream access), 
 * or MTOM like (part/data handler access via blob id), not both.   
 */
public abstract class IncomingAttachmentStreams {
	
	/** Boolean indicating weather or not the next stream can be read (next 
	 * stream cannot be read until previous is consumed */
	protected boolean _readyToGetNextStream = true;

    /**
     * @return True if the next stream can be read, false otherwise.
     */
    public final boolean isReadyToGetNextStream() {
        return _readyToGetNextStream;
    }

    /**
     * Set the ready flag. Intended for the inner class to use.
     * 
     * @param ready
     */
    protected final void setReadyToGetNextStream(boolean ready) {
        _readyToGetNextStream = ready;
    }
    
    /**
     * 
     * Returns the next attachment stream in sequence.
     * 
     * @return The next stream or null if no additional streams are left.
     */
    public abstract IncomingAttachmentInputStream getNextStream() throws OMException;
}