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019    
020    package org.apache.james.mime4j.parser;
021    
022    import org.apache.james.mime4j.util.ByteSequence;
023    
024    /**
025     * Abstract MIME field.
026     */
027    public interface Field {
028        
029        /**
030         * Gets the name of the field (<code>Subject</code>, <code>From</code>, etc).
031         * 
032         * @return the field name.
033         */
034        String getName();
035    
036        /**
037         * Gets the unparsed and possibly encoded (see RFC 2047) field body string.
038         * 
039         * @return the unparsed field body string.
040         */
041        String getBody();
042    
043        /**
044         * Gets the original raw field bytes.
045         * 
046         * @return the original raw field bytes.
047         */
048        ByteSequence getRaw();
049        
050    }