/*
* DataSource.java
* Copyright (C) 2004 The Free Software Foundation
*
* This file is part of GNU Java Activation Framework (JAF), a library.
*
* GNU JAF is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* GNU JAF is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*
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* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*
* As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
* produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
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*/
package javax.activation;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
/**
* An interface by which MIME data can be retrieved and stored.
*
* @author <a href='mailto:dog@gnu.org'>Chris Burdess</a>
* @version 1.1
*/
public interface DataSource
{
/**
* Returns an input stream from which the data can be read.
*/
InputStream getInputStream()
throws IOException;
/**
* Returns an output stream to which the data can be written.
*/
OutputStream getOutputStream()
throws IOException;
/**
* Returns the MIME content type of the data.
*/
String getContentType();
/**
* Returns the underlying name of this object.
*/
String getName();
}