/**
* Copyright (C) 2004 Orbeon, Inc.
*
* This program 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 program 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.
*
* The full text of the license is available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html
*/
package org.orbeon.oxf.processor.serializer.store;
import org.orbeon.oxf.pipeline.api.PipelineContext;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Writer;
/**
* Stores the final result of a request. Instances of classes implementing this
* interface are stored in cache, and if still in cache in a subsequent request,
* they can be "replayed" without having to execute the whole pipeline.
*/
public interface ResultStore {
/**
* Length of the request, in bytes
*/
public int length(PipelineContext context);
/**
* Replay to the response stored in the context, getting the output stream
* or writer, as required
*/
public void replay(PipelineContext context);
/**
* Replay to a write (this method might not be supported)
*/
public void replay(Writer writer);
/**
* Replay to an output stream (this method might not be supported)
*/
public void replay(OutputStream outputStream);
}