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016
017package org.springframework.web.multipart;
018
019import java.util.Iterator;
020import java.util.List;
021import java.util.Map;
022
023import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
024
025/**
026 * This interface defines the multipart request access operations
027 * that are exposed for actual multipart requests. It is extended
028 * by {@link MultipartHttpServletRequest} and the Portlet
029 * {@link org.springframework.web.portlet.multipart.MultipartActionRequest}.
030 *
031 * @author Juergen Hoeller
032 * @author Arjen Poutsma
033 * @since 2.5.2
034 */
035public interface MultipartRequest {
036
037        /**
038         * Return an {@link java.util.Iterator} of String objects containing the
039         * parameter names of the multipart files contained in this request. These
040         * are the field names of the form (like with normal parameters), not the
041         * original file names.
042         * @return the names of the files
043         */
044        Iterator<String> getFileNames();
045
046        /**
047         * Return the contents plus description of an uploaded file in this request,
048         * or {@code null} if it does not exist.
049         * @param name a String specifying the parameter name of the multipart file
050         * @return the uploaded content in the form of a {@link MultipartFile} object
051         */
052        MultipartFile getFile(String name);
053
054        /**
055         * Return the contents plus description of uploaded files in this request,
056         * or an empty list if it does not exist.
057         * @param name a String specifying the parameter name of the multipart file
058         * @return the uploaded content in the form of a {@link MultipartFile} list
059         * @since 3.0
060         */
061        List<MultipartFile> getFiles(String name);
062
063        /**
064         * Return a {@link java.util.Map} of the multipart files contained in this request.
065         * @return a map containing the parameter names as keys, and the
066         * {@link MultipartFile} objects as values
067         */
068        Map<String, MultipartFile> getFileMap();
069
070        /**
071         * Return a {@link MultiValueMap} of the multipart files contained in this request.
072         * @return a map containing the parameter names as keys, and a list of
073         * {@link MultipartFile} objects as values
074         * @since 3.0
075         */
076        MultiValueMap<String, MultipartFile> getMultiFileMap();
077
078        /**
079         * Determine the content type of the specified request part.
080         * @param paramOrFileName the name of the part
081         * @return the associated content type, or {@code null} if not defined
082         * @since 3.1
083         */
084        String getMultipartContentType(String paramOrFileName);
085
086}