xyz.etztech.core.web

Class MultipartUtility

java.lang.Object

xyz.etztech.core.web.MultipartUtility

public class MultipartUtility
extends java.lang.Object

A non-Apache way to send form-data in a POST request

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MultipartUtility(java.lang.String requestURL, java.lang.String charset) This constructor initializes a new HTTP POST request where content type is set to multipart/form-data

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addFilePart(java.lang.String fieldName, java.io.File uploadFile) Adds an upload file section to the request
void	addFormField(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) Adds a form field to the request
void	addHeaderField(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) Adds a header field to the request.
java.lang.String	finish() Completes the request and receives response from the server.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MultipartUtility

public MultipartUtility(java.lang.String requestURL,
                        java.lang.String charset)
                 throws java.io.IOException

This constructor initializes a new HTTP POST request where content type is set to multipart/form-data

Parameters:

requestURL - The URL to post to

charset - The character set to use

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If it cannot retrieve an output stream

Method Detail

addFormField

public void addFormField(java.lang.String name,
                         java.lang.String value)

Adds a form field to the request

Parameters:

name - field name

value - field value

addFilePart

public void addFilePart(java.lang.String fieldName,
                        java.io.File uploadFile)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Adds an upload file section to the request

Parameters:

fieldName - name attribute in HTML input element

uploadFile - a File to be uploaded

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Could not access File

addHeaderField

public void addHeaderField(java.lang.String name,
                           java.lang.String value)

Adds a header field to the request.

Parameters:

name - - name of the header field

value - - value of the header field

finish

public java.lang.String finish()
                        throws java.io.IOException

Completes the request and receives response from the server.

Returns:

a String as response.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Non-OK status