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/*
 * $Header: /cvsroot/mvnforum/myvietnam/src/net/myvietnam/mvncore/fileupload/FileItem.java,v 1.2 2002/11/26 03:25:58 minhnn Exp $
 * $Revision: 1.2 $
 * $Date: 2002/11/26 03:25:58 $
 *
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package net.myvietnam.mvncore.fileupload;


import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;


/**
 * <p> This class represents a file or form item that was received within a
 * <code>multipart/form-data POST request.
 *
 * <p> After retrieving an instance of this class from a {@link
 * net.myvietnam.mvncore.fileupload.FileUpload FileUpload} instance (see
 * {@link net.myvietnam.mvncore.fileupload.FileUpload
 * #parseRequest(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest)}), you may
 * either request all contents of file at once using {@link #get()} or
 * request an {@link java.io.InputStream InputStream} with
 * {@link #getInputStream()} and process the file without attempting to load
 * it into memory, which may come handy with large files.
 *
 * <p> While this interface does not extend
 * <code>javax.activation.DataSource per se (to avoid a seldom used
 * dependency), several of the defined methods are specifically defined with
 * the same signatures as methods in that interface. This allows an
 * implementation of this interface to also implement
 * <code>javax.activation.DataSource with minimal additional work.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:Rafal.Krzewski@e-point.pl">Rafal Krzewski
 * @author <a href="mailto:sean@informage.net">Sean Legassick
 * @author <a href="mailto:jvanzyl@apache.org">Jason van Zyl
 * @author <a href="mailto:martinc@apache.org">Martin Cooper
 *
 * @version $Id: FileItem.java,v 1.2 2002/11/26 03:25:58 minhnn Exp $
 */
public interface FileItem
{


    // ------------------------------- Methods from javax.activation.DataSource


    /**
     * Returns an {@link java.io.InputStream InputStream} that can be
     * used to retrieve the contents of the file.
     *
     * @return An {@link java.io.InputStream InputStream} that can be
     *         used to retrieve the contents of the file.
     *
     * @exception IOException if an error occurs.
     */
    InputStream getInputStream()
        throws IOException;


    /**
     * Returns the content type passed by the browser or <code>null if
     * not defined.
     *
     * @return The content type passed by the browser or <code>null if
     *         not defined.
     */
    String getContentType();


    /**
     * Returns the original filename in the client's filesystem.
     *
     * @return The original filename in the client's filesystem.
     */
    String getName();


    // ----------------------------------------------------- Manifest constants


    /**
     * The maximal size of request that will have it's elements stored
     * in memory.
     */
    public static final int DEFAULT_UPLOAD_SIZE_THRESHOLD = 10240;


    // ------------------------------------------------------- FileItem methods


    /**
     * Provides a hint as to whether or not the file contents will be read
     * from memory.
     *
     * @return <code>true if the file contents will be read
     *         from memory.
     */
    boolean isInMemory();


    /**
     * Returns the size of the file.
     *
     * @return The size of the file, in bytes.
     */
    long getSize();


    /**
     * Returns the contents of the file as an array of bytes.  If the
     * contents of the file were not yet cached in memory, they will be
     * loaded from the disk storage and cached.
     *
     * @return The contents of the file as an array of bytes.
     */
    byte[] get();


    /**
     * Returns the contents of the file as a String, using the specified
     * encoding.  This method uses {@link #get()} to retrieve the
     * contents of the file.
     *
     * @param encoding The character encoding to use.
     *
     * @return The contents of the file, as a string.
     *
     * @exception UnsupportedEncodingException if the requested character
     *                                         encoding is not available.
     */
    String getString(String encoding)
        throws UnsupportedEncodingException;


    /**
     * Returns the contents of the file as a String, using the default
     * character encoding.  This method uses {@link #get()} to retrieve the
     * contents of the file.
     *
     * @return The contents of the file, as a string.
     */
    String getString();


    /**
     * Returns the {@link java.io.File} object for the <code>FileItem's
     * data's temporary location on the disk. Note that for
     * <code>FileItems that have their data stored in memory,
     * this method will return <code>null. When handling large
     * files, you can use {@link java.io.File#renameTo(File)} to
     * move the file to new location without copying the data, if the
     * source and destination locations reside within the same logical
     * volume.
     *
     * @return The data file, or <code>null if the data is stored in
     *         memory.
     */
    File getStoreLocation();


    /**
     * A convenience method to write an uploaded file to disk. The client code
     * is not concerned whether or not the file is stored in memory, or on disk
     * in a temporary location. They just want to write the uploaded file to
     * disk.
     *
     * @param file The full path to location where the uploaded file should
     *             be stored.
     *
     * @exception Exception if an error occurs.
     */
    void write(String file) throws Exception;


    /**
     * Deletes the underlying storage for a file item, including deleting any
     * associated temporary disk file. Although this storage will be deleted
     * automatically when the <code>FileItem instance is garbage
     * collected, this method can be used to ensure that this is done at an
     * earlier time, thus preserving system resources.
     */
    void delete();


    /**
     * Returns the name of the field in the multipart form corresponding to
     * this file item.
     *
     * @return The name of the form field.
     */
    String getFieldName();


    /**
     * Sets the field name used to reference this file item.
     *
     * @param name The name of the form field.
     */
    void setFieldName(String name);


    /**
     * Determines whether or not a <code>FileItem instance represents
     * a simple form field.
     *
     * @return <code>true if the instance represents a simple form
     *         field; <code>false if it represents an uploaded file.
     */
    boolean isFormField();


    /**
     * Specifies whether or not a <code>FileItem instance represents
     * a simple form field.
     *
     * @param state <code>true if the instance represents a simple form
     *              field; <code>false if it represents an uploaded file.
     */
    void setIsFormField(boolean state);

}
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