infostreams.java

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/*

   Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.services.stream.InfoStreams

   Copyright 1997, 2004 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, as applicable.

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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 */

package org.apache.derby.iapi.services.stream;

/**
 *
 * The Basic Services provide InfoStreams for reporting
 * information.
 * <p>
 * When creating a message for a stream,
 * you can create an initial entry with header information
 * and then append to it as many times as desired.
 * <p>
 * 
 * @see HeaderPrintWriter
 * @author ames
 */
public interface InfoStreams {

	/**
	 Return the default stream. If the default stream could not be set up as requested then
	 it points indirectly to System.err.
	 * 
	 * @return the default stream.
	 */
	HeaderPrintWriter stream();
}