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019    
020    package org.apache.james.mime4j.dom;
021    
022    import java.io.IOException;
023    import java.io.OutputStream;
024    
025    import org.apache.james.mime4j.stream.Field;
026    
027    /**
028     * An interface to write out content of {@link Message} and other DOM elements to
029     * an {@link OutputStream}.
030     */
031    public interface MessageWriter {
032    
033        void writeMessage(Message message, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
034    
035        void writeBody(Body body, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
036    
037        void writeEntity(Entity entity, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
038    
039        void writeMultipart(Multipart multipart, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
040    
041        void writeField(Field field, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
042    
043        void writeHeader(Header header, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
044    
045    }