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package org.apache.tapestry5.upload.services;

import org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadException;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

/**
 * Responsible for detecting and processing file upload requests, using Jakarta Commons FileUpload. Implementations of
 * this service typically use the threaded service lifecycle model.
 */
public interface MultipartDecoder
{

    /**
     * @param parameterName Name of the query parameter associated with the uploaded file
     * @return a file upload with the given name, or null if no such file upload was in the request.
     */
    UploadedFile getFileUpload(String parameterName);

    /**
     * Decodes the request, returning a new {@link javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest} implementation that will allow
     * access to the form fields submitted in the request (but omits uploaded files).
     *
     * @param request The incoming servlet request
     * @return decoded http request
     */
    HttpServletRequest decode(HttpServletRequest request);

    /**
     * Returns the exception the occured during the file upload, or null if the processing of the multipart upload
     * stream was succesful.
     */
    FileUploadException getUploadException();
}