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019
020 package org.apache.james.mime4j.dom;
021
022 import java.io.IOException;
023 import java.io.Reader;
024
025 /**
026 * Encapsulates the contents of a <code>text/*</code> entity body.
027 */
028 public abstract class TextBody extends SingleBody {
029
030 /**
031 * Sole constructor.
032 */
033 protected TextBody() {
034 }
035
036 /**
037 * Returns the MIME charset of this text body.
038 *
039 * @return the MIME charset.
040 */
041 public abstract String getMimeCharset();
042
043 /**
044 * Gets a <code>Reader</code> which may be used to read out the contents
045 * of this body.
046 *
047 * @return the <code>Reader</code>.
048 * @throws IOException
049 * on I/O errors.
050 */
051 public abstract Reader getReader() throws IOException;
052
053 }