org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods
Class MultipartPostMethod

java.lang.Object
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        +--org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod
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              +--org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.ExpectContinueMethod
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                    +--org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.MultipartPostMethod

All Implemented Interfaces:

HttpMethod

public class MultipartPostMethod

extends ExpectContinueMethod

Implements the HTTP multipart POST method.

The HTTP multipart POST method is defined in section 3.3 of RFC1867:

The media-type multipart/form-data follows the rules of all multipart MIME data streams as outlined in RFC 1521. The multipart/form-data contains a series of parts. Each part is expected to contain a content-disposition header where the value is "form-data" and a name attribute specifies the field name within the form, e.g., 'content-disposition: form-data; name="xxxxx"', where xxxxx is the field name corresponding to that field. Field names originally in non-ASCII character sets may be encoded using the method outlined in RFC 1522.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Matthew Albright, Jeff Dever, Adrian Sutton, Mark Diggory, Mike Bowler, Oleg Kalnichevski

Field Summary

static String

MULTIPART_FORM_CONTENT_TYPE The Content-Type for multipart/form-data.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase

USER_AGENT

Constructor Summary

MultipartPostMethod()
No-arg constructor.

MultipartPostMethod(String uri)
Constructor specifying a URI.

MultipartPostMethod(String uri, String tempDir)
Constructor specifying a URI and tempDir.

MultipartPostMethod(String uri, String tempDir, String tempFile)
Constructor specifying a URI, tempDir and tempFile.

Method Summary

void	addParameter(String parameterName, File parameterFile) Adds a binary file part
void	addParameter(String parameterName, String parameterValue) Adds a text field part
void	addParameter(String parameterName, String fileName, File parameterFile) Adds a binary file part with the given file name
void	addPart(Part part) Adds a part.
protected void	addRequestHeaders(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn) Adds Content Type: multipart/form-data header in addition to the "standard" set of headers
String	getName() Returns "POST".
Part[]	getParts() Returns all parts.
protected int	getRequestContentLength() Return the length of the request body.
protected boolean	hasRequestContent() Returns true
void	recycle() Deprecated. no longer supported and will be removed in the future version of HttpClient
protected boolean	writeRequestBody(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn) Writes the request body to the given connection.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.ExpectContinueMethod

getUseExpectHeader, setUseExpectHeader

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod

getFileData, getTempDir, getTempFile, getUseDisk, readResponseBody, setFileData, setTempDir, setTempFile, setUseDisk

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase

, addAuthorizationRequestHeader, addContentLengthRequestHeader, addCookieRequestHeader, addHostRequestHeader, addProxyAuthorizationRequestHeader, addProxyConnectionHeader, addRequestHeader, addRequestHeader, addResponseFooter, addUserAgentRequestHeader, checkNotUsed, checkUsed, execute, fakeResponse, generateRequestLine, getAuthenticationRealm, getContentCharSet, getDoAuthentication, getFollowRedirects, getHostConfiguration, getMethodRetryHandler, getPath, getProxyAuthenticationRealm, getQueryString, getRecoverableExceptionCount, getRequestCharSet, getRequestHeader, getRequestHeaderGroup, getRequestHeaders, getResponseBody, getResponseBodyAsStream, getResponseBodyAsString, getResponseCharSet, getResponseContentLength, getResponseFooter, getResponseFooters, getResponseHeader, getResponseHeaderGroup, getResponseHeaders, getResponseStream, getResponseTrailerHeaderGroup, getStatusCode, getStatusLine, getStatusText, getURI, hasBeenUsed, isConnectionCloseForced, isHttp11, isStrictMode, processResponseBody, processResponseHeaders, processStatusLine, readResponse, readResponseHeaders, readStatusLine, releaseConnection, removeRequestHeader, responseBodyConsumed, setConnectionCloseForced, setDoAuthentication, setFollowRedirects, setHostConfiguration, setHttp11, setMethodRetryHandler, setPath, setQueryString, setQueryString, setRequestHeader, setRequestHeader, setResponseStream, setStrictMode, shouldCloseConnection, validate, writeRequest, writeRequestHeaders, writeRequestLine

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MULTIPART_FORM_CONTENT_TYPE

public static final String MULTIPART_FORM_CONTENT_TYPE

The Content-Type for multipart/form-data.

Constructor Detail

MultipartPostMethod

public MultipartPostMethod()

No-arg constructor.

MultipartPostMethod

public MultipartPostMethod(String uri)

Constructor specifying a URI.

Parameters:

uri - either an absolute or relative URI

MultipartPostMethod

public MultipartPostMethod(String uri,
                           String tempDir)

Constructor specifying a URI and tempDir.

Parameters:

uri - either an absolute or relative URI

tempDir - directory to store temp files in

MultipartPostMethod

public MultipartPostMethod(String uri,
                           String tempDir,
                           String tempFile)

Constructor specifying a URI, tempDir and tempFile.

Parameters:

uri - either an absolute or relative URI

tempDir - directory to store temp files in

tempFile - file to store temporary data in

Method Detail

hasRequestContent

protected boolean hasRequestContent()

Returns true

Overrides:

hasRequestContent in class ExpectContinueMethod

Returns:

true

Since:

2.0beta1

getName

public String getName()

Returns "POST".

Overrides:

getName in class GetMethod

Returns:

"POST"

addParameter

public void addParameter(String parameterName,
                         String parameterValue)

Adds a text field part

Parameters:

parameterName - The name of the parameter.

parameterValue - The value of the parameter.

addParameter

public void addParameter(String parameterName,
                         File parameterFile)
                  throws FileNotFoundException

Adds a binary file part

Parameters:

parameterName - The name of the parameter

parameterFile - The name of the file.

Throws:

FileNotFoundException - If the file cannot be found.

addParameter

public void addParameter(String parameterName,
                         String fileName,
                         File parameterFile)
                  throws FileNotFoundException

Adds a binary file part with the given file name

Parameters:

parameterName - The name of the parameter

fileName - The file name

parameterFile - The file

Throws:

FileNotFoundException - If the file cannot be found.

addPart

public void addPart(Part part)

Adds a part.

Parameters:

part - The part to add.

getParts

public Part[] getParts()

Returns all parts.

Returns:

an array of containing all parts

addRequestHeaders

protected void addRequestHeaders(HttpState state,
                                 HttpConnection conn)
                          throws IOException,
                                 HttpException

Adds Content Type: multipart/form-data header in addition to the "standard" set of headers

Overrides:

addRequestHeaders in class ExpectContinueMethod

Parameters:

state - the state information associated with this method

conn - the connection used to execute this HTTP method

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O (transport) error occurs

HttpException - if a protocol exception occurs.

HttpRecoverableException - if a recoverable transport error occurs. Usually this kind of exceptions can be recovered from by retrying the HTTP method

writeRequestBody

protected boolean writeRequestBody(HttpState state,
                                   HttpConnection conn)
                            throws IOException,
                                   HttpException

Writes the request body to the given connection.

Overrides:

writeRequestBody in class HttpMethodBase

Parameters:

state - the state information associated with this method

conn - the connection used to execute this HTTP method

Returns:

true

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O (transport) error occurs

HttpException - if a protocol exception occurs.

HttpRecoverableException - if a recoverable transport error occurs. Usually this kind of exceptions can be recovered from by retrying the HTTP method

getRequestContentLength

protected int getRequestContentLength()

Return the length of the request body.

Once this method has been invoked, the request parameters cannot be altered until the method is recycled.

Overrides:

getRequestContentLength in class HttpMethodBase

Returns:

The request content length.

recycle

public void recycle()

Deprecated. no longer supported and will be removed in the future version of HttpClient

Recycles the HTTP method so that it can be used again. Note that all of the instance variables will be reset once this method has been called. This method will also release the connection being used by this HTTP method.

Overrides:

recycle in class GetMethod

See Also:

HttpMethodBase.releaseConnection()