Interface FileItemStream

All Superinterfaces:
FileItemHeadersSupport
All Known Implementing Classes:
FileItemStreamImpl

public interface FileItemStream extends FileItemHeadersSupport

This interface provides access to a file or form item that was received within a multipart/form-data POST request. The items contents are retrieved by calling openStream().

Instances of this class are created by accessing the iterator, returned by FileUploadBase.getItemIterator(RequestContext).

Note: There is an interaction between the iterator and its associated instances of FileItemStream: By invoking Iterator.hasNext() on the iterator, you discard all data, which hasn't been read so far from the previous data.

  • Method Details

    • openStream

      InputStream openStream() throws IOException
      Creates an InputStream, which allows to read the items contents.
      Returns:
      The input stream, from which the items data may be read.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - The method was already invoked on this item. It is not possible to recreate the data stream.
      IOException - An I/O error occurred.
      See Also:
    • getContentType

      String getContentType()
      Returns the content type passed by the browser or null if not defined.
      Returns:
      The content type passed by the browser or null if not defined.
    • getName

      String getName()
      Returns the original file name in the client's file system, as provided by the browser (or other client software). In most cases, this will be the base file name, without path information. However, some clients, such as the Opera browser, do include path information.
      Returns:
      The original file name in the client's file system.
    • getFieldName

      String getFieldName()
      Returns the name of the field in the multipart form corresponding to this file item.
      Returns:
      The name of the form field.
    • isFormField

      boolean isFormField()
      Determines whether or not a FileItem instance represents a simple form field.
      Returns:
      true if the instance represents a simple form field; false if it represents an uploaded file.