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   Derby - Class org.apache.derby.shared.common.stream.PrintWriterGetHeader

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package org.apache.derby.shared.common.stream;

/**
 * Get a header to prepend to a line of output. 
 * A HeaderPrintWriter requires an object which implements
 * this interface to construct headers for output lines.
 *
 * @see org.apache.derby.shared.common.stream.HeaderPrintWriter
 */

public interface PrintWriterGetHeader
{
	/**
	 *	getHeader
	 *
	 *  @return	The header for an output line. 
	 *
	 *  @see org.apache.derby.shared.common.stream.HeaderPrintWriter
	 **/

	public String getHeader();
}
	
