NHttpMessageWriter.java

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package org.apache.http.nio;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.HttpException;
import org.apache.http.HttpMessage;

/**
 * Abstract HTTP message writer for non-blocking connections.
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface NHttpMessageWriter<T extends HttpMessage> {

    /**
     * Resets the writer. The writer will be ready to start serializing another
     * HTTP message.
     */
    void reset();

    /**
     * Serializes out the HTTP message head.
     *
     * @param message HTTP message.
     * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error.
     * @throws HttpException in case the HTTP message is malformed or
     *  violates the HTTP protocol.
     */
    void write(T message) throws IOException, HttpException;

}