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     20 package org.apache.james.mime4j.message;
     21 
     22 import java.io.IOException;
     23 import java.io.OutputStream;
     24 
     25 /**
     26  * Encapsulates the body of an entity (see RFC 2045).
     27  *
     28  *
     29  * @version $Id: Body.java,v 1.4 2004/10/04 15:36:43 ntherning Exp $
     30  */
     31 public interface Body {
     32 
     33     /**
     34      * Gets the parent of this body.
     35      *
     36      * @return the parent.
     37      */
     38     Entity getParent();
     39 
     40     /**
     41      * Sets the parent of this body.
     42      *
     43      * @param parent the parent.
     44      */
     45     void setParent(Entity parent);
     46 
     47     /**
     48      * Writes this body to the given stream in MIME message format.
     49      *
     50      * @param out the stream to write to.
     51      * @throws IOException on I/O errors.
     52      */
     53     void writeTo(OutputStream out) throws IOException;
     54 }
     55