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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;
}
