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19
20 package org.apache.james.mime4j.message;
21
22 import java.io.IOException;
23 import java.io.Reader;
24
25 /**
26 * Encapsulates the contents of a <code>text/*</code> entity body.
27 */
28 public abstract class TextBody extends SingleBody {
29
30 /**
31 * Sole constructor.
32 */
33 protected TextBody() {
34 }
35
36 /**
37 * Returns the MIME charset of this text body.
38 *
39 * @return the MIME charset.
40 */
41 public abstract String getMimeCharset();
42
43 /**
44 * Gets a <code>Reader</code> which may be used to read out the contents
45 * of this body.
46 *
47 * @return the <code>Reader</code>.
48 * @throws IOException
49 * on I/O errors.
50 */
51 public abstract Reader getReader() throws IOException;
52
53 }