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package org.apache.commons.fileupload;

Enhanced access to the request information needed for file uploads, which fixes the Content Length data access in RequestContext. The reason of introducing this new interface is just for backward compatibility and it might vanish for a refactored 2.x version moving the new method into RequestContext again. 
Since:
1.3/**
 * Enhanced access to the request information needed for file uploads,
 * which fixes the Content Length data access in {@link RequestContext}.
 *
 * The reason of introducing this new interface is just for backward compatibility
 * and it might vanish for a refactored 2.x version moving the new method into
 * RequestContext again.
 *
 * @since 1.3
 */
public interface UploadContext extends RequestContext {

    
Retrieve the content length of the request.
Returns:
The content length of the request.
Since:
1.3/**
     * Retrieve the content length of the request.
     *
     * @return The content length of the request.
     * @since 1.3
     */
    long contentLength();

}