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Interface EntityProvider</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public interface <B>EntityProvider</B></DL>
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An EntityProvider is used to serialize entities using the StreamWriter interface. The EntityProvider interface can be
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return the mime content type of the serialized entity</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;org.apache.abdera2.common.http.EntityTag</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/abdera2/protocol/EntityProvider.html#getEntityTag()">getEntityTag</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return the EntityTag of the entity,</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Return the Last-Modified date of the entity</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;True if the serialization is repeatable.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
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