psdi.webclient.system.controller

Class MPFormData

java.lang.Object

psdi.webclient.system.controller.MPFormData

Direct Known Subclasses:

MPEncodedFormData

public class MPFormData
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MPFormData()
MPFormData(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req) creates a new MPFormData object and gets the request parameters the MPFormData object is used to retrieve parameters and data from multipart form submissions.
MPFormData(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req, int maximumsize) Alternate constructor that gets it maximum file size from passed in parameters instead of the doclinks.properties file.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getFileContentType() gets the file content type.
java.lang.String	getFileName() gets name of the file contained in the form.
java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream	getFileOutputStream() gets the output stream containing the file data
java.lang.String	getFullFileName() gets FULL name (including path) of the file contained in the form.
java.lang.String	getParameter(java.lang.String param) gets a request parameter.
boolean	isParam(java.lang.String val) Returns true if the specified string is a parameter in the request
static boolean	isRequestMultipart(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req) checks to see if the content type of the request is "multipart/form-data"
void	processRequest()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MPFormData

public MPFormData()

MPFormData

public MPFormData(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req)
           throws MXException

creates a new MPFormData object and gets the request parameters the MPFormData object is used to retrieve parameters and data from multipart form submissions. this class MUST be used to retrieve parameters submitted from mutlipart forms since the HttpServletRequest.getParameter() will not work with multipart forms. when this class is constructed with an HttpServletRequest it will load a hashtable with all parameters passed in the multipart form and will fill an outputstream with any binary data (ie a file) contained on the form

Throws:

MXException

MPFormData

public MPFormData(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req,
                  int maximumsize)
           throws MXException

Alternate constructor that gets it maximum file size from passed in parameters instead of the doclinks.properties file. Used when we do not want the maximum file size to be overridden. creates a new MPFormData object and gets the request parameters the MPFormData object is used to retrieve parameters and data from multipart form submissions. this class MUST be used to retrieve parameters submitted from mutlipart forms since the HttpServletRequest.getParameter() will not work with multipart forms. when this class is constructed with an HttpServletRequest it will load a hashtable with all parameters passed in the multipart form and will fill an outputstream with any binary data (ie a file) contained on the form

Parameters:

req - The HttpServletRequest

maximumsize - The maximum file size in megabytes

Throws:

MXException

Method Detail

processRequest

public void processRequest()
                    throws MXException

Throws:

MXException

isRequestMultipart

public static boolean isRequestMultipart(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req)

checks to see if the content type of the request is "multipart/form-data"

Parameters:

HttpServletRequest - req

Returns:

boolean true if it is a multipart form, false otherwise

getParameter

public java.lang.String getParameter(java.lang.String param)

gets a request parameter. the method first checks to see if the parameter is present in the query string, and if not it checks the list of parameters contained in the multipart/form-data

isParam

public boolean isParam(java.lang.String val)

Returns true if the specified string is a parameter in the request

getFileName

public java.lang.String getFileName()

gets name of the file contained in the form. empty if there is no file

getFullFileName

public java.lang.String getFullFileName()

gets FULL name (including path) of the file contained in the form. empty if there is no file (026094)

getFileContentType

public java.lang.String getFileContentType()

gets the file content type. empty if there is no file

getFileOutputStream

public java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream getFileOutputStream()

gets the output stream containing the file data