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019
020 package org.apache.james.mime4j.dom;
021
022 /**
023 * A body of an MIME entity (as defined in RFC 2045).
024 * <p/>
025 * A body can be a {@link Message}, a {@link Multipart} or a {@link SingleBody}.
026 * This interface should not be implemented directly by classes other than
027 * those.
028 */
029 public interface Body extends Disposable {
030
031 /**
032 * Gets the parent of this body.
033 *
034 * @return the parent.
035 */
036 Entity getParent();
037
038 /**
039 * Sets the parent of this body.
040 *
041 * @param parent
042 * the parent.
043 */
044 void setParent(Entity parent);
045
046 }