IStreamingPojo.java

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package org.pentaho.platform.api.engine;

import java.io.OutputStream;

import org.pentaho.platform.api.action.IAction;

/**
 * The interface for POJO components that want to stream content to the caller.
 * @author jamesdixon
 * @deprecated Pojo components are deprecated, use {@link IAction}
 *
 */
public interface IStreamingPojo {

  /**
   * Sets the outputstream that the component can stream content to
   * @param outputStream
   */
	public void setOutputStream( OutputStream outputStream );
	
	/**
	 * Gets the mimetype of the content that this object will write to the
	 * output stream
	 * @return
	 */
	public String getMimeType( );
	
}