Apache Struts API Documentation: Interface FormFile

org.apache.struts.upload Interface FormFile

All Known Implementing Classes:

CommonsMultipartRequestHandler.CommonsFormFile, DiskFile

public interface FormFile

This interface represents a file that has been uploaded by a client. It is the only interface or class in upload package which is typically referenced directly by a Struts application.

getContentType

public java.lang.String getContentType()

Returns the content type for this file.

Returns:

A String representing content type.

setContentType

public void setContentType(java.lang.String contentType)

Sets the content type for this file.

Parameters:

contentType - The content type for the file.

getFileSize

public int getFileSize()

Returns the size of this file.

Returns:

The size of the file, in bytes.

setFileSize

public void setFileSize(int fileSize)

Sets the file size.

Parameters:

fileSize - The size of the file, in bytes,

getFileName

public java.lang.String getFileName()

Returns the file name of this file. This is the base name of the file, as supplied by the user when the file was uploaded.

Returns:

The base file name.

setFileName

public void setFileName(java.lang.String fileName)

Sets the file name of this file.

Parameters:

fileName - The base file name.

getFileData

public byte[] getFileData()
                   throws java.io.FileNotFoundException,
                          java.io.IOException

Returns the data for the entire file as byte array. Care is needed when using this method, since a large upload could easily exhaust available memory. The preferred method for accessing the file data is getInputStream.

Returns:

The file data as a byte array.

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException - if the uploaded file is not found.

java.io.IOException - if an error occurred while reading the file.

getInputStream

public java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
                                   throws java.io.FileNotFoundException,
                                          java.io.IOException

Returns an input stream for this file. The caller must close the stream when it is no longer needed.

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException - if the uploaded file is not found.

java.io.IOException - if an error occurred while reading the file.

destroy

public void destroy()

Destroys all content for the uploaded file, including any underlying data files.