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     16 
     17 package java.net;
     18 
     19 import java.io.IOException;
     20 import java.io.OutputStream;
     21 
     22 /**
     23  * {@code CacheRequest} is a kind of channel for storing resource data in the
     24  * {@code ResponseCache}. A protocol handler calls the {@code OutputStream}
     25  * which is provided by the {@code CacheRequest} object, to store the resource
     26  * data into the cache. It also allows the user to interrupt and abort the
     27  * current store operation by calling the method {@code abort}. If an {@code
     28  * IOException} occurs while reading the response or writing data to the cache,
     29  * the current cache store operation is abandoned.
     30  *
     31  * @see ResponseCache
     32  */
     33 public abstract class CacheRequest {
     34 
     35     /**
     36      * This implementation does nothing.
     37      */
     38     public CacheRequest() {
     39     }
     40 
     41     /**
     42      * Aborts the current cache operation. If an {@code IOException} occurs
     43      * while reading the response or writing resource data to the cache, the
     44      * current cache store operation is aborted.
     45      */
     46     public abstract void abort();
     47 
     48     /**
     49      * Returns an {@code OutputStream} which is used to write the response body.
     50      *
     51      * @return an {@code OutputStream} which is used to write the response body.
     52      * @throws IOException
     53      *             if an I/O error is encountered during writing response body
     54      *             operation.
     55      */
     56     public abstract OutputStream getBody() throws IOException;
     57 }
     58