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package org.springframework.web.multipart;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
/**
* A representation of an uploaded file received in a multipart request.
*
* The file contents are either stored in memory or temporarily on disk.
* In either case, the user is responsible for copying file contents to a
* session-level or persistent store as and if desired. The temporary storages
* will be cleared at the end of request processing.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @author Trevor D. Cook
* @since 29.09.2003
* @see org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartHttpServletRequest
* @see org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartResolver
*/
public interface MultipartFile {
/**
* Return the name of the parameter in the multipart form.
* @return the name of the parameter (never null or empty)
*/
String getName();
/**
* Return the original filename in the client's filesystem.
*
This may contain path information depending on the browser used,
* but it typically will not with any other than Opera.
* @return the original filename, or the empty String if no file
* has been chosen in the multipart form
*/
String getOriginalFilename();
/**
* Return the content type of the file.
* @return the content type, or null if not defined
* (or no file has been chosen in the multipart form)
*/
String getContentType();
/**
* Return whether the uploaded file is empty, that is, either no file has
* been chosen in the multipart form or the chosen file has no content.
*/
boolean isEmpty();
/**
* Return the size of the file in bytes.
* @return the size of the file, or 0 if empty
*/
long getSize();
/**
* Return the contents of the file as an array of bytes.
* @return the contents of the file as bytes, or an empty byte array if empty
* @throws IOException in case of access errors (if the temporary store fails)
*/
byte[] getBytes() throws IOException;
/**
* Return an InputStream to read the contents of the file from.
* The user is responsible for closing the stream.
* @return the contents of the file as stream, or an empty stream if empty
* @throws IOException in case of access errors (if the temporary store fails)
*/
InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException;
/**
* Transfer the received file to the given destination file.
*
This may either move the file in the filesystem, copy the file in the
* filesystem, or save memory-held contents to the destination file.
* If the destination file already exists, it will be deleted first.
*
If the file has been moved in the filesystem, this operation cannot
* be invoked again. Therefore, call this method just once to be able to
* work with any storage mechanism.
* @param dest the destination file
* @throws IOException in case of reading or writing errors
* @throws IllegalStateException if the file has already been moved
* in the filesystem and is not available anymore for another transfer
*/
void transferTo(File dest) throws IOException, IllegalStateException;
}