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Artifact with commonly used I/O functionality and for connection related issues such as receiving or transmitting data in a unified way.

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// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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package org.refcodes.io;

import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Provides an accessor for a Output-Stream property.
 */
public interface OutputStreamAccessor {

	/**
	 * Retrieves the {@link OutputStream} from the Output-Stream property.
	 * 
	 * @return The {@link OutputStream} stored by the Output-Stream property.
	 */
	OutputStream getOutputStream();

	/**
	 * Provides a mutator for a Output-Stream property.
	 */
	public interface OutputStreamMutator {

		/**
		 * Sets the {@link OutputStream} for the Output-Stream property.
		 * 
		 * @param aOutputStream The {@link OutputStream} to be stored by the
		 *        Output-Stream property.
		 */
		void setOutputStream( OutputStream aOutputStream );
	}

	/**
	 * Provides a builder method for a Output-Stream property returning the
	 * builder for applying multiple build operations.
	 * 
	 * @param  The builder to return in order to be able to apply multiple
	 *        build operations.
	 */
	public interface OutputStreamBuilder> {

		/**
		 * Sets the {@link OutputStream} for the Output-Stream property.
		 * 
		 * @param aOutputStream The {@link OutputStream} to be stored by the
		 *        Output-Stream property.
		 * 
		 * @return The builder for applying multiple build operations.
		 */
		B withOutputStream( OutputStream aOutputStream );
	}

	/**
	 * Provides a Output-Stream property.
	 */
	public interface OutputStreamProperty extends OutputStreamAccessor, OutputStreamMutator {}
}