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package javax.portlet;
/**
* The ClientDataRequest represents the request information
* of the HTTP request issued from the client to the portal.
* It extends the PortletRequest interface.
*
* @since 2.0
* @see PortletRequest
*/
public interface ClientDataRequest extends PortletRequest {
/**
* Retrieves the body of the HTTP request from client to
* portal as binary data using
* an InputStream. Either this method or
* {@link #getReader} may be called to read the body, but not both.
*
* For HTTP POST data of type application/x-www-form-urlencoded
* this method throws an IllegalStateException
* as this data has been already processed by the
* portal/portlet-container and is available as request parameters.
*
* @return an input stream containing the body of the request
*
* @exception java.lang.IllegalStateException
* if getReader was already called, or it is a
* HTTP POST data of type application/x-www-form-urlencoded
* @exception java.io.IOException
* if an input or output exception occurred
*/
public java.io.InputStream getPortletInputStream () throws java.io.IOException;
/**
* Overrides the name of the character encoding used in the body of this
* request. This method must be called prior to reading input
* using {@link #getReader} or {@link #getPortletInputStream}.
*
* This method only sets the character set for the Reader that the
* {@link #getReader} method returns.
*
* @param enc a String containing the name of
* the character encoding.
*
* @exception java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException if this is not a valid encoding
* @exception java.lang.IllegalStateException if this method is called after
* reading request parameters or reading input using
* getReader()
*/
public void setCharacterEncoding(String enc)
throws java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
/**
* Retrieves the body of the HTTP request from the client to the portal
* as character data using
* a BufferedReader. The reader translates the character
* data according to the character encoding used on the body.
* Either this method or {@link #getPortletInputStream} may be called to read the
* body, not both.
*
* For HTTP POST data of type application/x-www-form-urlencoded
* this method throws an IllegalStateException
* as this data has been already processed by the
* portal/portlet-container and is available as request parameters.
*
* @return a BufferedReader
* containing the body of the request
*
* @exception java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException
* if the character set encoding used is
* not supported and the text cannot be decoded
* @exception java.lang.IllegalStateException
* if {@link #getPortletInputStream} method
* has been called on this request, it is a
* HTTP POST data of type application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
* @exception java.io.IOException
* if an input or output exception occurred
*
* @see #getPortletInputStream
*/
public java.io.BufferedReader getReader()
throws java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException, java.io.IOException;
/**
* Returns the name of the character encoding used in the body of this request.
* This method returns null if the request
* does not specify a character encoding.
*
* @return a String containing the name of
* the character encoding, or null
* if the request does not specify a character encoding.
*/
public java.lang.String getCharacterEncoding();
/**
* Returns the MIME type of the body of the request,
* or null if the type is not known.
*
* @return a String containing the name
* of the MIME type of the request, or null
* if the type is not known.
*/
public java.lang.String getContentType();
/**
* Returns the length, in bytes, of the request body
* which is made available by the input stream, or -1 if the
* length is not known.
*
*
* @return an integer containing the length of the
* request body or -1 if the length is not known
*
*/
public int getContentLength();
/**
* Returns the name of the HTTP method with which this request was made,
* for example, GET, POST, or PUT.
*
* @since 2.0
* @return a String specifying the name of the HTTP method with which
* this request was made
*/
public String getMethod();
}