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package org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart;

import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.util.EncodingUtil;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

Simple string parameter for a multipart post
Author:Matthew Albright, Jeff Dever, Mike Bowler, Oleg Kalnichevski
Since:2.0
/** * Simple string parameter for a multipart post * * @author <a href="mailto:mattalbright@yahoo.com">Matthew Albright</a> * @author <a href="mailto:jsdever@apache.org">Jeff Dever</a> * @author <a href="mailto:mbowler@GargoyleSoftware.com">Mike Bowler</a> * @author <a href="mailto:oleg@ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a> * * @since 2.0 */
public class StringPart extends PartBase {
Log object for this class.
/** Log object for this class. */
private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(StringPart.class);
Default content encoding of string parameters.
/** Default content encoding of string parameters. */
public static final String DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE = "text/plain";
Default charset of string parameters
/** Default charset of string parameters*/
public static final String DEFAULT_CHARSET = "US-ASCII";
Default transfer encoding of string parameters
/** Default transfer encoding of string parameters*/
public static final String DEFAULT_TRANSFER_ENCODING = "8bit";
Contents of this StringPart.
/** Contents of this StringPart. */
private byte[] content;
The String value of this part.
/** The String value of this part. */
private String value;
Constructor.
Params:
  • name – The name of the part
  • value – the string to post
  • charset – the charset to be used to encode the string, if null the default is used
/** * Constructor. * * @param name The name of the part * @param value the string to post * @param charset the charset to be used to encode the string, if <code>null</code> * the {@link #DEFAULT_CHARSET default} is used */
public StringPart(String name, String value, String charset) { super( name, DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE, charset == null ? DEFAULT_CHARSET : charset, DEFAULT_TRANSFER_ENCODING ); if (value == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Value may not be null"); } if (value.indexOf(0) != -1) { // See RFC 2048, 2.8. "8bit Data" throw new IllegalArgumentException("NULs may not be present in string parts"); } this.value = value; }
Constructor.
Params:
  • name – The name of the part
  • value – the string to post
/** * Constructor. * * @param name The name of the part * @param value the string to post */
public StringPart(String name, String value) { this(name, value, null); }
Gets the content in bytes. Bytes are lazily created to allow the charset to be changed after the part is created.
Returns:the content in bytes
/** * Gets the content in bytes. Bytes are lazily created to allow the charset to be changed * after the part is created. * * @return the content in bytes */
private byte[] getContent() { if (content == null) { content = EncodingUtil.getBytes(value, getCharSet()); } return content; }
Writes the data to the given OutputStream.
Params:
  • out – the OutputStream to write to
Throws:
/** * Writes the data to the given OutputStream. * @param out the OutputStream to write to * @throws IOException if there is a write error */
protected void sendData(OutputStream out) throws IOException { LOG.trace("enter sendData(OutputStream)"); out.write(getContent()); }
Return the length of the data.
Throws:
See Also:
Returns:The length of the data.
/** * Return the length of the data. * @return The length of the data. * @throws IOException If an IO problem occurs * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.Part#lengthOfData() */
protected long lengthOfData() throws IOException { LOG.trace("enter lengthOfData()"); return getContent().length; } /* (non-Javadoc) * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.BasePart#setCharSet(java.lang.String) */ public void setCharSet(String charSet) { super.setCharSet(charSet); this.content = null; } }