Source code: org/apache/derby/iapi/services/stream/InfoStreams.java
1 /*
2
3 Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.services.stream.InfoStreams
4
5 Copyright 1997, 2004 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, as applicable.
6
7 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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18
19 */
20
21 package org.apache.derby.iapi.services.stream;
22
23 /**
24 *
25 * The Basic Services provide InfoStreams for reporting
26 * information.
27 * <p>
28 * When creating a message for a stream,
29 * you can create an initial entry with header information
30 * and then append to it as many times as desired.
31 * <p>
32 *
33 * @see HeaderPrintWriter
34 * @author ames
35 */
36 public interface InfoStreams {
37
38 /**
39 Return the default stream. If the default stream could not be set up as requested then
40 it points indirectly to System.err.
41 *
42 * @return the default stream.
43 */
44 HeaderPrintWriter stream();
45 }