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019
020package org.apache.james.mime4j.dom;
021
022import java.io.IOException;
023import java.io.Reader;
024
025/**
026 * Encapsulates the contents of a <code>text/*</code> entity body.
027 */
028public 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}