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# DivConq
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/*
* Query.java February 2001
*
* Copyright (C) 2001, Niall Gallagher <niallg@users.sf.net>
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
* implied. See the License for the specific language governing
* permissions and limitations under the License.
*/
package divconq.www.http;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* The <code>Query</code> object is used to represent HTTP query
* parameters. Parameters are acquired by name and can be either a
* string, float, int, or boolean value. This ensures that data can
* be conveniently extracted in the correct type. This stores the
* parameters in a map of key value pairs. Each parameter can be
* acquired using the name of the parameter, if the parameter is
* named twice then all values can be acquired.
*
* @author Niall Gallagher
*/
public interface Query extends Map<String, String> {
/**
* This method is used to acquire a <code>List</code> for all of
* the parameter values associated with the specified name. Using
* this method allows the query to expose many values taken from
* the query or HTTP form posting. Typically the first value in
* the list is the value from the <code>get(String)</code> method
* as this is the primary value from the ordered list of values.
*
* @param name this is the name used to search for the value
*
* @return this is the list of values associated with the key
*/
List<String> getAll(Object name);
/**
* This extracts an integer parameter for the named value. If the
* named parameter does not exist this will return a zero value.
* If however the parameter exists but is not in the format of a
* decimal integer value then this will throw an exception.
*
* @param name the name of the parameter value to retrieve
*
* @return this returns the named parameter value as an integer
*/
int getInteger(Object name);
/**
* This extracts a float parameter for the named value. If the
* named parameter does not exist this will return a zero value.
* If however the parameter exists but is not in the format of a
* floating point number then this will throw an exception.
*
* @param name the name of the parameter value to retrieve
*
* @return this returns the named parameter value as a float
*/
float getFloat(Object name);
/**
* This extracts a boolean parameter for the named value. If the
* named parameter does not exist this will return false otherwise
* the value is evaluated. If it is either <code>true</code> or
* <code>false</code> then those boolean values are returned.
*
* @param name the name of the parameter value to retrieve
*
* @return this returns the named parameter value as an float
*/
boolean getBoolean(Object name);
/**
* This will return all parameters represented using the HTTP
* URL query format. The <code>x-www-form-urlencoded</code>
* format is used to encode the attributes, see RFC 2616.
* <p>
* This will also encode any special characters that appear
* within the name and value pairs as an escaped sequence.
* If there are no parameters an empty string is returned.
*
* @return returns an empty string if the is no parameters
*/
String toString();
}