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package org.apache.james.mime4j.message;


/**
 * Abstract <code>Body</code> implementation providing the parent
 * functionality required by bodies.
 *
 * 
 * @version $Id: AbstractBody.java,v 1.2 2004/10/02 12:41:11 ntherning Exp $
 */
public abstract class AbstractBody implements Body {
    private Entity parent = null;
    
    /**
     * @see org.apache.james.mime4j.message.Body#getParent()
     */
    public Entity getParent() {
        return parent;
    }
    
    /**
     * @see org.apache.james.mime4j.message.Body#setParent(org.apache.james.mime4j.message.Entity)
     */
    public void setParent(Entity parent) {
        this.parent = parent;
    }

    /**
     * Subclasses should override this method if they have allocated resources
     * that need to be freed explicitly (e.g. cannot be simply reclaimed by the
     * garbage collector).
     * 
     * The default implementation of this method does nothing.
     * 
     * @see org.apache.james.mime4j.message.Disposable#dispose()
     */
    public void dispose() {
    }

}
