ServerHttpResponse.java

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package org.springframework.http.server;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.Flushable;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.springframework.http.HttpOutputMessage;
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;

/**
 * Represents a server-side HTTP response.
 *
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface ServerHttpResponse extends HttpOutputMessage, Flushable, Closeable {

	/**
	 * Set the HTTP status code of the response.
	 * @param status the HTTP status as an HttpStatus enum value
	 */
	void setStatusCode(HttpStatus status);

	/**
	 * Ensure that the headers and the content of the response are written out.
	 * <p>After the first flush, headers can no longer be changed.
	 * Only further content writing and content flushing is possible.
	 */
	@Override
	void flush() throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Close this response, freeing any resources created.
	 */
	@Override
	void close();

}