org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart

Class Part

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.Part

Direct Known Subclasses:

PartBase

public abstract class Part
extends java.lang.Object

Abstract class for one Part of a multipart post object.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Matthew Albright, Jeff Dever, Adrian Sutton, Mike Bowler, Oleg Kalnichevski

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static java.lang.String	BOUNDARY Deprecated. use HttpMethodParams.MULTIPART_BOUNDARY
protected static byte[]	BOUNDARY_BYTES Deprecated.
protected static java.lang.String	CHARSET Content charset
protected static byte[]	CHARSET_BYTES Content charset as a byte array
protected static java.lang.String	CONTENT_DISPOSITION Content dispostion characters
protected static byte[]	CONTENT_DISPOSITION_BYTES Content dispostion as a byte array
protected static java.lang.String	CONTENT_TRANSFER_ENCODING Content type header
protected static byte[]	CONTENT_TRANSFER_ENCODING_BYTES Content type header as a byte array
protected static java.lang.String	CONTENT_TYPE Content type header
protected static byte[]	CONTENT_TYPE_BYTES Content type header as a byte array
protected static java.lang.String	CRLF Carriage return/linefeed
protected static byte[]	CRLF_BYTES Carriage return/linefeed as a byte array
protected static java.lang.String	EXTRA Extra characters
protected static byte[]	EXTRA_BYTES Extra characters as a byte array
protected static java.lang.String	QUOTE Content dispostion characters
protected static byte[]	QUOTE_BYTES Content dispostion as a byte array

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Part()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	getBoundary() Deprecated. uses a constant string. Rather use getPartBoundary()
abstract java.lang.String	getCharSet() Return the character encoding of this part.
abstract java.lang.String	getContentType() Returns the content type of this part.
static long	getLengthOfParts(Part[] parts) Return the total sum of all parts and that of the last boundary
static long	getLengthOfParts(Part[] parts, byte[] partBoundary) Gets the length of the multipart message including the given parts.
abstract java.lang.String	getName() Return the name of this part.
protected byte[]	getPartBoundary() Gets the part boundary to be used.
abstract java.lang.String	getTransferEncoding() Return the transfer encoding of this part.
boolean	isRepeatable() Tests if this part can be sent more than once.
long	length() Return the full length of all the data.
protected abstract long	lengthOfData() Return the length of the main content
void	send(java.io.OutputStream out) Write all the data to the output stream.
protected void	sendContentTypeHeader(java.io.OutputStream out) Write the content type header to the specified output stream
protected abstract void	sendData(java.io.OutputStream out) Write the data to the specified output stream
protected void	sendDispositionHeader(java.io.OutputStream out) Write the content disposition header to the specified output stream
protected void	sendEnd(java.io.OutputStream out) Write the end data to the output stream.
protected void	sendEndOfHeader(java.io.OutputStream out) Write the end of the header to the output stream
static void	sendParts(java.io.OutputStream out, Part[] parts) Write all parts and the last boundary to the specified output stream.
static void	sendParts(java.io.OutputStream out, Part[] parts, byte[] partBoundary) Write all parts and the last boundary to the specified output stream.
protected void	sendStart(java.io.OutputStream out) Write the start to the specified output stream
protected void	sendTransferEncodingHeader(java.io.OutputStream out) Write the content transfer encoding header to the specified output stream
java.lang.String	toString() Return a string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

BOUNDARY

protected static final java.lang.String BOUNDARY

Deprecated. use HttpMethodParams.MULTIPART_BOUNDARY

The boundary

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Constant Field Values

BOUNDARY_BYTES

protected static final byte[] BOUNDARY_BYTES

Deprecated.

The boundary as a byte array.

CRLF

protected static final java.lang.String CRLF

Carriage return/linefeed

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Constant Field Values

CRLF_BYTES

protected static final byte[] CRLF_BYTES

Carriage return/linefeed as a byte array

QUOTE

protected static final java.lang.String QUOTE

Content dispostion characters

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Constant Field Values

QUOTE_BYTES

protected static final byte[] QUOTE_BYTES

Content dispostion as a byte array

EXTRA

protected static final java.lang.String EXTRA

Extra characters

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Constant Field Values

EXTRA_BYTES

protected static final byte[] EXTRA_BYTES

Extra characters as a byte array

CONTENT_DISPOSITION

protected static final java.lang.String CONTENT_DISPOSITION

Content dispostion characters

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Constant Field Values

CONTENT_DISPOSITION_BYTES

protected static final byte[] CONTENT_DISPOSITION_BYTES

Content dispostion as a byte array

CONTENT_TYPE

protected static final java.lang.String CONTENT_TYPE

Content type header

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Constant Field Values

CONTENT_TYPE_BYTES

protected static final byte[] CONTENT_TYPE_BYTES

Content type header as a byte array

CHARSET

protected static final java.lang.String CHARSET

Content charset

See Also:

Constant Field Values

CHARSET_BYTES

protected static final byte[] CHARSET_BYTES

Content charset as a byte array

CONTENT_TRANSFER_ENCODING

protected static final java.lang.String CONTENT_TRANSFER_ENCODING

Content type header

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Constant Field Values

CONTENT_TRANSFER_ENCODING_BYTES

protected static final byte[] CONTENT_TRANSFER_ENCODING_BYTES

Content type header as a byte array

Constructor Detail

Part

public Part()

Method Detail

getBoundary

public static java.lang.String getBoundary()

Deprecated. uses a constant string. Rather use getPartBoundary()

Return the boundary string.

Returns:

the boundary string

getName

public abstract java.lang.String getName()

Return the name of this part.

Returns:

The name.

getContentType

public abstract java.lang.String getContentType()

Returns the content type of this part.

Returns:

the content type, or null to exclude the content type header

getCharSet

public abstract java.lang.String getCharSet()

Return the character encoding of this part.

Returns:

the character encoding, or null to exclude the character encoding header

getTransferEncoding

public abstract java.lang.String getTransferEncoding()

Return the transfer encoding of this part.

Returns:

the transfer encoding, or null to exclude the transfer encoding header

getPartBoundary

protected byte[] getPartBoundary()

Gets the part boundary to be used.

Returns:

the part boundary as an array of bytes.

Since:

3.0

isRepeatable

public boolean isRepeatable()

Tests if this part can be sent more than once.

Returns:

true if sendData(OutputStream) can be successfully called more than once.

Since:

3.0

sendStart

protected void sendStart(java.io.OutputStream out)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Write the start to the specified output stream

Parameters:

out - The output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an IO problem occurs.

sendDispositionHeader

protected void sendDispositionHeader(java.io.OutputStream out)
                              throws java.io.IOException

Write the content disposition header to the specified output stream

Parameters:

out - The output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an IO problem occurs.

sendContentTypeHeader

protected void sendContentTypeHeader(java.io.OutputStream out)
                              throws java.io.IOException

Write the content type header to the specified output stream

Parameters:

out - The output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an IO problem occurs.

sendTransferEncodingHeader

protected void sendTransferEncodingHeader(java.io.OutputStream out)
                                   throws java.io.IOException

Write the content transfer encoding header to the specified output stream

Parameters:

out - The output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an IO problem occurs.

sendEndOfHeader

protected void sendEndOfHeader(java.io.OutputStream out)
                        throws java.io.IOException

Write the end of the header to the output stream

Parameters:

out - The output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an IO problem occurs.

sendData

protected abstract void sendData(java.io.OutputStream out)
                          throws java.io.IOException

Write the data to the specified output stream

Parameters:

out - The output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an IO problem occurs.

lengthOfData

protected abstract long lengthOfData()
                              throws java.io.IOException

Return the length of the main content

Returns:

long The length.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an IO problem occurs

sendEnd

protected void sendEnd(java.io.OutputStream out)
                throws java.io.IOException

Write the end data to the output stream.

Parameters:

out - The output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an IO problem occurs.

send

public void send(java.io.OutputStream out)
          throws java.io.IOException

Write all the data to the output stream. If you override this method make sure to override #length() as well

Parameters:

out - The output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an IO problem occurs.

length

public long length()
            throws java.io.IOException

Return the full length of all the data. If you override this method make sure to override #send(OutputStream) as well

Returns:

long The length.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an IO problem occurs

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

A string representation of this object.

See Also:

Object.toString()

sendParts

public static void sendParts(java.io.OutputStream out,
             Part[] parts)
                      throws java.io.IOException

Write all parts and the last boundary to the specified output stream.

Parameters:

out - The stream to write to.

parts - The parts to write.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an I/O error occurs while writing the parts.

sendParts

public static void sendParts(java.io.OutputStream out,
             Part[] parts,
             byte[] partBoundary)
                      throws java.io.IOException

Write all parts and the last boundary to the specified output stream.

Parameters:

out - The stream to write to.

parts - The parts to write.

partBoundary - The ASCII bytes to use as the part boundary.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an I/O error occurs while writing the parts.

Since:

3.0

getLengthOfParts

public static long getLengthOfParts(Part[] parts)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Return the total sum of all parts and that of the last boundary

Parameters:

parts - The parts.

Returns:

The total length

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an I/O error occurs while writing the parts.

getLengthOfParts

public static long getLengthOfParts(Part[] parts,
                    byte[] partBoundary)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Gets the length of the multipart message including the given parts.

Parameters:

parts - The parts.

partBoundary - The ASCII bytes to use as the part boundary.

Returns:

The total length

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an I/O error occurs while writing the parts.

Since:

3.0