001// Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.tapestry.multipart; 016 017import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; 018 019import org.apache.tapestry.request.IUploadFile; 020 021/** 022 * Defines how a multipart HTTP request can be broken into individual elements (including file 023 * uploads). 024 * <p> 025 * Multipart decoder implementations must be threadsafe. 026 * 027 * @author Howard Lewis Ship 028 * @since 2.3 029 */ 030 031public interface IMultipartDecoder 032{ 033 /** 034 * Decodes the incoming request, identifying all the parts (values and uploaded files) contained 035 * within. 036 */ 037 038 public void decode(HttpServletRequest request); 039 040 /** 041 * Invoked to release any resources needed by tghe decoder. In some cases, large incoming parts 042 * are written to temporary files; this method ensures those temporary files are deleted. 043 */ 044 045 public void cleanup(HttpServletRequest request); 046 047 /** 048 * Returns the single value (or first value) for the parameter with the specified name. Returns 049 * null if no such parameter was in the request. 050 */ 051 052 public String getString(HttpServletRequest request, String name); 053 054 /** 055 * Returns an array of values (possibly a single element array). Returns null if no such 056 * parameter was in the request. 057 */ 058 059 public String[] getStrings(HttpServletRequest request, String name); 060 061 /** 062 * Returns the uploaded file with the specified parameter name, or null if no such parameter was 063 * in the request. 064 */ 065 066 public IUploadFile getUploadFile(HttpServletRequest request, String name); 067 068 /** 069 * Returns the names of all parameters whose type is string (not file upload). 070 * 071 * @since 4.0 072 */ 073 public String[] getStringParameterNames(HttpServletRequest request); 074}