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+package org.apache.solr.request;
+
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Implementations of <code>BinaryQueryResponseWriter</code> are used to
+ * write response in binary format
+ * Functionality is exactly same as its parent class <code>QueryResponseWriter</code
+ * But it may not implement the <code>write(Writer writer, SolrQueryRequest request, SolrQueryResponse response)</code>
+ * method  
+ *
+ */
+public interface BinaryQueryResponseWriter extends QueryResponseWriter{
+
+    /**Use it to write the reponse in a binary format
+     */
+    public void write(OutputStream out, SolrQueryRequest request, SolrQueryResponse response) throws IOException;
+}