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The Glassfish HttpServletRequest.java source code

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package javax.servlet.http;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.*;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;

/**
 *
 * Extends the {@link javax.servlet.ServletRequest} interface
 * to provide request information for HTTP servlets. 
 *
 * <p>The servlet container creates an HttpServletRequest 
 * object and passes it as an argument to the servlet's service
 * methods (<code>doGet, doPost, etc).
 *
 *
 * @author 	Various
 */

public interface HttpServletRequest extends ServletRequest {

    /**
    * String identifier for Basic authentication. Value "BASIC"
    */
    public static final String BASIC_AUTH = "BASIC";
    /**
    * String identifier for Form authentication. Value "FORM"
    */
    public static final String FORM_AUTH = "FORM";
    /**
    * String identifier for Client Certificate authentication. Value "CLIENT_CERT"
    */
    public static final String CLIENT_CERT_AUTH = "CLIENT_CERT";
    /**
    * String identifier for Digest authentication. Value "DIGEST"
    */
    public static final String DIGEST_AUTH = "DIGEST";

    /**
     * Returns the name of the authentication scheme used to protect
     * the servlet. All servlet containers support basic, form and client 
     * certificate authentication, and may additionally support digest 
     * authentication.
     * If the servlet is not authenticated <code>null is returned. 
     *
     * <p>Same as the value of the CGI variable AUTH_TYPE.
     *
     *
     * @return		one of the static members BASIC_AUTH, 
     *			FORM_AUTH, CLIENT_CERT_AUTH, DIGEST_AUTH
     *			(suitable for == comparison) or
     *			the container-specific string indicating
     *			the authentication scheme, or
     *			<code>null if the request was 
     *			not authenticated.     
     *
     */
   
    public String getAuthType();
    
   
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns an array containing all of the <code>Cookie
     * objects the client sent with this request.
     * This method returns <code>null if no cookies were sent.
     *
     * @return		an array of all the <code>Cookies
     *			included with this request, or <code>null
     *			if the request has no cookies
     *
     *
     */

    public Cookie[] getCookies();
    
    
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns the value of the specified request header
     * as a <code>long value that represents a 
     * <code>Date object. Use this method with
     * headers that contain dates, such as
     * <code>If-Modified-Since. 
     *
     * <p>The date is returned as
     * the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT.
     * The header name is case insensitive.
     *
     * <p>If the request did not have a header of the
     * specified name, this method returns -1. If the header
     * can't be converted to a date, the method throws
     * an <code>IllegalArgumentException.
     *
     * @param name		a <code>String specifying the
     *				name of the header
     *
     * @return			a <code>long value
     *				representing the date specified
     *				in the header expressed as
     *				the number of milliseconds
     *				since January 1, 1970 GMT,
     *				or -1 if the named header
     *				was not included with the
     *				request
     *
     * @exception	IllegalArgumentException	If the header value
     *							can't be converted
     *							to a date
     *
     */

    public long getDateHeader(String name);
    
    
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns the value of the specified request header
     * as a <code>String. If the request did not include a header
     * of the specified name, this method returns <code>null.
     * If there are multiple headers with the same name, this method
     * returns the first head in the request.
     * The header name is case insensitive. You can use
     * this method with any request header.
     *
     * @param name		a <code>String specifying the
     *				header name
     *
     * @return			a <code>String containing the
     *				value of the requested
     *				header, or <code>null
     *				if the request does not
     *				have a header of that name
     *
     */			

    public String getHeader(String name); 



    /**
     *
     * Returns all the values of the specified request header
     * as an <code>Enumeration of String objects.
     *
     * <p>Some headers, such as Accept-Language can be sent
     * by clients as several headers each with a different value rather than
     * sending the header as a comma separated list.
     *
     * <p>If the request did not include any headers
     * of the specified name, this method returns an empty
     * <code>Enumeration.
     * The header name is case insensitive. You can use
     * this method with any request header.
     *
     * @param name		a <code>String specifying the
     *				header name
     *
     * @return			an <code>Enumeration containing
     *                  	the values of the requested header. If
     *                  	the request does not have any headers of
     *                  	that name return an empty
     *                  	enumeration. If 
     *                  	the container does not allow access to
     *                  	header information, return null
     *
     */			

    public Enumeration<String> getHeaders(String name); 
    
    
    
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns an enumeration of all the header names
     * this request contains. If the request has no
     * headers, this method returns an empty enumeration.
     *
     * <p>Some servlet containers do not allow
     * servlets to access headers using this method, in
     * which case this method returns <code>null
     *
     * @return			an enumeration of all the
     *				header names sent with this
     *				request; if the request has
     *				no headers, an empty enumeration;
     *				if the servlet container does not
     *				allow servlets to use this method,
     *				<code>null
     *				
     *
     */

    public Enumeration<String> getHeaderNames();
    
    
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns the value of the specified request header
     * as an <code>int. If the request does not have a header
     * of the specified name, this method returns -1. If the
     * header cannot be converted to an integer, this method
     * throws a <code>NumberFormatException.
     *
     * <p>The header name is case insensitive.
     *
     * @param name		a <code>String specifying the name
     *				of a request header
     *
     * @return			an integer expressing the value 
     * 				of the request header or -1
     *				if the request doesn't have a
     *				header of this name
     *
     * @exception	NumberFormatException		If the header value
     *							can't be converted
     *							to an <code>int
     */

    public int getIntHeader(String name);
    
    
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns the name of the HTTP method with which this 
     * request was made, for example, GET, POST, or PUT.
     * Same as the value of the CGI variable REQUEST_METHOD.
     *
     * @return			a <code>String 
     *				specifying the name
     *				of the method with which
     *				this request was made
     *
     */
 
    public String getMethod();
    
    
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns any extra path information associated with
     * the URL the client sent when it made this request.
     * The extra path information follows the servlet path
     * but precedes the query string and will start with
     * a "/" character.
     *
     * <p>This method returns null if there
     * was no extra path information.
     *
     * <p>Same as the value of the CGI variable PATH_INFO.
     *
     *
     * @return		a <code>String, decoded by the
     *			web container, specifying 
     *			extra path information that comes
     *			after the servlet path but before
     *			the query string in the request URL;
     *			or <code>null if the URL does not have
     *			any extra path information
     *
     */
     
    public String getPathInfo();
    

 

    /**
     *
     * Returns any extra path information after the servlet name
     * but before the query string, and translates it to a real
     * path. Same as the value of the CGI variable PATH_TRANSLATED.
     *
     * <p>If the URL does not have any extra path information,
     * this method returns <code>null or the servlet container
     * cannot translate the virtual path to a real path for any reason
     * (such as when the web application is executed from an archive).
     *
     * The web container does not decode this string.
     *
     *
     * @return		a <code>String specifying the
     *			real path, or <code>null if
     *			the URL does not have any extra path
     *			information
     *
     *
     */

    public String getPathTranslated();
    

 

    /**
     *
     * Returns the portion of the request URI that indicates the context
     * of the request. The context path always comes first in a request
     * URI. The path starts with a "/" character but does not end with a "/"
     * character. For servlets in the default (root) context, this method
     * returns "". The container does not decode this string.
     *
     * <p>It is possible that a servlet container may match a context by
     * more than one context path. In such cases this method will return the
     * actual context path used by the request and it may differ from the
     * path returned by the
     * {@link javax.servlet.ServletContext#getContextPath()} method.
     * The context path returned by
     * {@link javax.servlet.ServletContext#getContextPath()}
     * should be considered as the prime or preferred context path of the
     * application.
     *
     * @return		a <code>String specifying the
     *			portion of the request URI that indicates the context
     *			of the request
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getContextPath()
     */

    public String getContextPath();
    
    
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns the query string that is contained in the request
     * URL after the path. This method returns <code>null
     * if the URL does not have a query string. Same as the value
     * of the CGI variable QUERY_STRING. 
     *
     * @return		a <code>String containing the query
     *			string or <code>null if the URL 
     *			contains no query string. The value is not
     *			decoded by the container.
     *
     */

    public String getQueryString();
    
    
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns the login of the user making this request, if the
     * user has been authenticated, or <code>null if the user 
     * has not been authenticated.
     * Whether the user name is sent with each subsequent request
     * depends on the browser and type of authentication. Same as the 
     * value of the CGI variable REMOTE_USER.
     *
     * @return		a <code>String specifying the login
     *			of the user making this request, or <code>null
     *			if the user login is not known
     *
     */

    public String getRemoteUser();
    
    
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns a boolean indicating whether the authenticated user is included
     * in the specified logical "role".  Roles and role membership can be
     * defined using deployment descriptors.  If the user has not been
     * authenticated, the method returns <code>false.
     *
     * @param role		a <code>String specifying the name
     *				of the role
     *
     * @return		a <code>boolean indicating whether
     *			the user making this request belongs to a given role;
     *			<code>false if the user has not been 
     *			authenticated
     *
     */

    public boolean isUserInRole(String role);
    
    
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns a <code>java.security.Principal object containing
     * the name of the current authenticated user. If the user has not been
     * authenticated, the method returns <code>null.
     *
     * @return		a <code>java.security.Principal containing
     *			the name of the user making this request;
     *			<code>null if the user has not been 
     *			authenticated
     *
     */

    public java.security.Principal getUserPrincipal();
    
    
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns the session ID specified by the client. This may
     * not be the same as the ID of the current valid session
     * for this request.
     * If the client did not specify a session ID, this method returns
     * <code>null.
     *
     *
     * @return		a <code>String specifying the session
     *			ID, or <code>null if the request did
     *			not specify a session ID
     *
     * @see		#isRequestedSessionIdValid
     *
     */

    public String getRequestedSessionId();
    
    
    
    
    /**
     *
     * Returns the part of this request's URL from the protocol
     * name up to the query string in the first line of the HTTP request.
     * The web container does not decode this String.
     * For example:
     *
     * 

     * <table summary="Examples of Returned Values">
     * <tr align=left>

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