/**
* Copyright (C) 2009 eXo Platform SAS.
*
* This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
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*/
package org.exoplatform.portal.resource;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.exoplatform.commons.utils.BinaryOutput;
/**
* An interface defining the renderer contract for a resource.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:julien.viet@exoplatform.com">Julien Viet</a>
* @version $Revision$
*/
public interface ResourceRenderer {
/**
* Returns an output stream for performing resource rendering.
*
* @return a stream
* @throws IOException any io exception
*/
BinaryOutput getOutput();
/**
* Instruct the renderer about the expiration time in seconds. A non positive value means that no caching should be
* performed. The expiration value is relative to the date of the request.
*
* @param seconds the value in seconds
*/
void setExpiration(long seconds);
}