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1   /*
2    * Copyright [2007] [University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, Inc.]
3    *
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  
17  package org.opensaml.ws.transport;
18  
19  import java.io.OutputStream;
20  
21  /**
22   * Represents an outbound transport, that is the transport used to send information.
23   */
24  public interface OutTransport extends Transport {
25  
26      /**
27       * Sets a transport-specific attribute.
28       * 
29       * @param name attribute name
30       * @param value attribute value
31       */
32      public void setAttribute(String name, Object value);
33  
34      /**
35       * Sets the character encoding of the transport.
36       * 
37       * @param encoding character encoding of the transport
38       */
39      public void setCharacterEncoding(String encoding);
40  
41      /**
42       * Gets the outgoing data stream to the peer.
43       * 
44       * @return outgoing data stream to the peer
45       */
46      public OutputStream getOutgoingStream();
47  }