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package org.apache.openejb.server.httpd;
import javax.servlet.ServletOutputStream;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* This interface takes care of HTTP Responses. It sends data back to the browser.
*/
public interface HttpResponse extends java.io.Serializable, HttpServletResponse {
/**
* Gets the content type that will be sent to the browser.
*
* @return the content type (i.e. "text/html")
*/
public String getContentType();
/**
* Sets the content type to be sent back to the browser.
*
* @param type the type to be sent to the browser (i.e. "text/html")
*/
public void setContentType(String type);
/**
* Sets the response string to be sent to the browser
*
* @param responseString the response string
*/
void setStatusMessage(String responseString);
/**
* Flushes the output buffer to the client.
*/
void flushBuffer() throws IOException;
}