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package java.net;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * {@code CacheRequest} is a kind of channel for storing resource data in the
 * {@code ResponseCache}. A protocol handler calls the {@code OutputStream}
 * which is provided by the {@code CacheRequest} object, to store the resource
 * data into the cache. It also allows the user to interrupt and abort the
 * current store operation by calling the method {@code abort}. If an {@code
 * IOException} occurs while reading the response or writing data to the cache,
 * the current cache store operation is abandoned.
 * 
 * @see ResponseCache
 */
public abstract class CacheRequest {

    /**
     * This implementation does nothing.
     */
    public CacheRequest() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Aborts the current cache operation. If an {@code IOException} occurs
     * while reading the response or writing resource data to the cache, the
     * current cache store operation is aborted.
     */
    public abstract void abort();

    /**
     * Returns an {@code OutputStream} which is used to write the response body.
     * 
     * @return an {@code OutputStream} which is used to write the response body.
     * @throws IOException
     *             if an I/O error is encountered during writing response body
     *             operation.
     */
    public abstract OutputStream getBody() throws IOException;
}