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package javax.microedition.io;
import java.io.*;
/**
* This is the most basic type of generic connection. Only the
* <code>close</code> method is defined. No open method is
* defined here because opening is always done using the
* <code>Connector.open()</code> methods.
*
* @version 12/17/01 (CLDC 1.1)
* @since CLDC 1.0
*/
public interface Connection {
/**
* Close the connection.
* <p>
* When a connection has been closed, access to any of its methods
* that involve an I/O operation will cause an <code>IOException</code>
* to be thrown.
* Closing an already closed connection has no effect. Streams
* derived from the connection may be open when method is called.
* Any open streams will cause the connection to be held open
* until they themselves are closed. In this latter case access
* to the open streams is permitted, but access to the connection
* is not.
*
* @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs
*/
public void close() throws IOException;
}