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 * @author Sam
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package com.caucho.portal.generic.context;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

public interface ResponseHandler
{
  /**
   * Get the handler that this handler wraps, if any
   */
  public ResponseHandler getSuccessor();

  /**
   * Set a property to be returned to the client.
   *
   * "properties" correspond to HTTP headers in the response for HTTP
   * connections.
   *
   * @see javax.portlet.PortletResponse#setProperty
   */ 
  public void setProperty(String name, String value);

  /**
   * Add a value to a property to be returned to the client.
   *
   * "properties" correspond to HTTP headers in the response for HTTP
   * connections.
   *
   * @see javax.portlet.PortletResponse#addProperty
   */ 
  public void addProperty(String name, String value);


  public void setContentType(String contentType);

  /**
   * Get the type previously set with setContentType
   * or null if the type has not been set.
   */ 
  public String getContentType();

  public void setLocale(Locale locale);

  public Locale getLocale();

  public void setBufferSize(int size);

  public int getBufferSize();

  /** 
   * Implementations should NOT call flushBuffer() on any wrapped
   * streams, flushing through the chain of ResponseHandlers is done by
   * ConnectionContext.
   */
  public void flushBuffer() 
    throws IOException;

  /** 
   * Implementations should NOT call resetBuffer() on any wrapped
   * streams, resetBuffer() through the chain of ResponseHandlers is done by
   * ConnectionContext.
   */
  public void resetBuffer();

  /** 
   * Implementations should call NOT call reset() on any wrapped streams.
   * streams, reset() through the chain of ResponseHandlers is done by
   * ConnectionContext.
   */
  public void reset();

  public boolean isCommitted();
  
  /**
   * Set the character encoding of the writer.  
   */
  public void setCharacterEncoding(String enc) 
    throws UnsupportedEncodingException;

  /**
   * Get the character encoding of the writer.
   */
  public String getCharacterEncoding();

  /**
   * Get a writer that sends output to the client of the connection.
   */
  public PrintWriter getWriter() 
    throws IOException;

  public OutputStream getOutputStream() 
    throws IOException;

  public void finish()
    throws IOException;

}
