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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2005, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.activation;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * JavaBeans components that are Activation Framework aware implement
+ * this interface to find out which command verb they're being asked
+ * to perform, and to obtain the DataHandler representing the
+ * data they should operate on.  JavaBeans that don't implement
+ * this interface may be used as well.  Such commands may obtain
+ * the data using the Externalizable interface, or using an
+ * application-specific method.<p>
+ *
+ * @since 1.6
+ */
+public interface CommandObject {
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize the Command with the verb it is requested to handle
+     * and the DataHandler that describes the data it will
+     * operate on. <b>NOTE:</b> it is acceptable for the caller
+     * to pass <i>null</i> as the value for <code>DataHandler</code>.
+     *
+     * @param verb The Command Verb this object refers to.
+     * @param dh The DataHandler.
+     */
+    public void setCommandContext(String verb, DataHandler dh)
+                                                throws IOException;
+}