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package org.apache.james.mime4j.dom;

/**
 * Encapsulates the body of an entity (see RFC 2045).
 * <p>
 * A body can be a {@link Message}, a {@link Multipart} or a {@link SingleBody}.
 * This interface should not be implemented directly by classes other than
 * those.
 */
public interface Body extends Disposable {

    /**
     * Gets the parent of this body.
     * 
     * @return the parent.
     */
    Entity getParent();

    /**
     * Sets the parent of this body.
     * 
     * @param parent
     *            the parent.
     */
    void setParent(Entity parent);

}