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A simple and flexible web service framework based on Mina

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package org.apache.mina.http.api;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * An HTTP request
 * 
 * @author jvermillar
 * 
 */
public interface HttpRequest extends HttpMessage {

    /**
     * Determines whether this request contains at least one parameter with the specified name
     * 
     * @param name The parameter name
     * @return true if this request contains at least one parameter with the specified name
     */
    boolean containsParameter(String name);

    /**
     * Returns the value of a request parameter as a String, or null if the parameter does not exist.
     * 
     * If the request contained multiple parameters with the same name, this method returns the first parameter
     * encountered in the request with the specified name
     * 
     * @param name The parameter name
     * @return The value
     */
    String getParameter(String name);
    
    String getQueryString();

    /**
     * Returns a read only {@link Map} of query parameters whose key is a {@link String} and whose value is a
     * {@link List} of {@link String}s.
     */
    Map> getParameters();

    /**
     * Return the HTTP method used for this message {@link HttpMethod}
     * 
     * @return the method
     */
    HttpMethod getMethod();
    
    /**
     * Retrurn the HTTP request path
     * @retrun the request path
     */
    String getRequestPath();
}