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package javax.servlet.http;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* This class represents a part as uploaded to the server as part of a
* multipart/form-data request body. The part may represent either
* an uploaded file or form data.
*
* @since Servlet 3.0
*/
public interface Part {
/**
* Obtain an InputStream that can be used to retrieve the
* contents of the file.
*
* @return An InputStream for the contents of the file
*
* @throws IOException if an I/O occurs while obtaining the stream
*/
public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException;
/**
* Obtain the content type passed by the browser.
*
* @return The content type passed by the browser or null if
* not defined.
*/
public String getContentType();
/**
* Obtain the name of the field in the multipart form corresponding to this
* part.
*
* @return The name of the field in the multipart form corresponding to this
* part.
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Obtain the size of this part.
*
* @return The size of the part if bytes
*/
public long getSize();
/**
* A convenience method to write an uploaded part to disk. The client code
* is not concerned with whether or not the part is stored in memory, or on
* disk in a temporary location. They just want to write the uploaded part
* to a file.
*
* This method is not guaranteed to succeed if called more than once for
* the same part. This allows a particular implementation to use, for
* example, file renaming, where possible, rather than copying all of the
* underlying data, thus gaining a significant performance benefit.
*
* @param fileName The location into which the uploaded part should be
* stored. Relative locations are relative to {@link
* javax.servlet.MultipartConfigElement#getLocation()}
*
* @throws IOException if an I/O occurs while attempting to write the part
*/
public void write(String fileName) throws IOException;
/**
* Deletes the underlying storage for a part, including deleting any
* associated temporary disk file. Although the container will delete this
* storage automatically this method can be used to ensure that this is done
* at an earlier time, thus preserving system resources.
*
* Containers are only required to delete the associated storage when the
* Part instance is garbage collected. Apache Tomcat will delete the
* associated storage when the associated request has finished processing.
* Behaviour of other containers may be different.
*
* @throws IOException if an I/O occurs while attempting to delete the part
*/
public void delete() throws IOException;
/**
* Obtains the value of the specified part header as a String. If there are
* multiple headers with the same name, this method returns the first header
* in the part. The header name is case insensitive.
*
* @param name Header name
* @return The header value or null if the header is not
* present
*/
public String getHeader(String name);
/**
* Obtain all the values of the specified part header.
* @param name The name of the header of interest. The header name is case
* insensitive.
* @return All the values of the specified part header. If the part did not
* include any headers of the specified name, this method returns an
* empty Collection.
*/
public Collection getHeaders(String name);
/**
* Get the header names provided for this part.
* @return a Collection of all the header names provided for this part.
*/
public Collection getHeaderNames();
}