org.gcube.common.homelibrary.client.util

Class MultipartUtility

java.lang.Object

org.gcube.common.homelibrary.client.util.MultipartUtility

public class MultipartUtility
extends Object

This utility class provides an abstraction layer for sending multipart HTTP POST requests to a web server.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

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

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addFilePart(String fieldName, File uploadFile) Adds a upload file section to the request
void	addFormField(String name, String value) Adds a form field to the request
void	addHeaderField(String name, String value) Adds a header field to the request.
List<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(String requestURL,
                String charset)
                 throws IOException

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

Parameters:

requestURL -

charset -

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

addFormField

public void addFormField(String name,
                String value)

Adds a form field to the request

Parameters:

name - field name

value - field value

addFilePart

public void addFilePart(String fieldName,
               File uploadFile)
                 throws IOException

Adds a upload file section to the request

Parameters:

fieldName - name attribute in

uploadFile - a File to be uploaded

Throws:

IOException

addHeaderField

public void addHeaderField(String name,
                  String value)

Adds a header field to the request.

Parameters:

name - - name of the header field

value - - value of the header field

finish

public List<String> finish()
                    throws IOException

Completes the request and receives response from the server.

Returns:

a list of Strings as response in case the server returned status OK, otherwise an exception is thrown.

Throws:

IOException