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 }