The servlet container creates an HttpServletRequest
* object and passes it as an argument to the servlet's service
* methods (doGet, doPost, etc).
*/
public interface HttpServletRequest extends ServletRequest {
/**
* String identifier for Basic authentication. Value "BASIC"
*/
public static final String BASIC_AUTH = "BASIC";
/**
* String identifier for Form authentication. Value "FORM"
*/
public static final String FORM_AUTH = "FORM";
/**
* String identifier for Client Certificate authentication. Value "CLIENT_CERT"
*/
public static final String CLIENT_CERT_AUTH = "CLIENT_CERT";
/**
* String identifier for Digest authentication. Value "DIGEST"
*/
public static final String DIGEST_AUTH = "DIGEST";
/**
* Returns the name of the authentication scheme used to protect
* the servlet. All servlet containers support basic, form and client
* certificate authentication, and may additionally support digest
* authentication.
* If the servlet is not authenticated null is returned.
*
*
Same as the value of the CGI variable AUTH_TYPE.
*
*
* @return one of the static members BASIC_AUTH,
* FORM_AUTH, CLIENT_CERT_AUTH, DIGEST_AUTH
* (suitable for == comparison) or
* the container-specific string indicating
* the authentication scheme, or
* null if the request was
* not authenticated.
*
*/
public String getAuthType();
/**
* Returns an array containing all of the Cookie
* objects the client sent with this request.
* This method returns null if no cookies were sent.
*
* @return an array of all the Cookies
* included with this request, or null
* if the request has no cookies
*/
public Cookie[] getCookies();
/**
* Returns the value of the specified request header
* as a long value that represents a
* Date object. Use this method with
* headers that contain dates, such as
* If-Modified-Since.
*
*
The date is returned as * the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT. * The header name is case insensitive. * *
If the request did not have a header of the
* specified name, this method returns -1. If the header
* can't be converted to a date, the method throws
* an IllegalArgumentException.
*
* @param name a String specifying the
* name of the header
*
* @return a long value
* representing the date specified
* in the header expressed as
* the number of milliseconds
* since January 1, 1970 GMT,
* or -1 if the named header
* was not included with the
* request
*
* @exception IllegalArgumentException If the header value
* can't be converted
* to a date
*/
public long getDateHeader(String name);
/**
* Returns the value of the specified request header
* as a String. If the request did not include a header
* of the specified name, this method returns null.
* If there are multiple headers with the same name, this method
* returns the first head in the request.
* The header name is case insensitive. You can use
* this method with any request header.
*
* @param name a String specifying the
* header name
*
* @return a String containing the
* value of the requested
* header, or null
* if the request does not
* have a header of that name
*/
public String getHeader(String name);
/**
* Returns all the values of the specified request header
* as an Enumeration of String objects.
*
*
Some headers, such as Accept-Language can be sent
* by clients as several headers each with a different value rather than
* sending the header as a comma separated list.
*
*
If the request did not include any headers
* of the specified name, this method returns an empty
* Enumeration.
* The header name is case insensitive. You can use
* this method with any request header.
*
* @param name a String specifying the
* header name
*
* @return an Enumeration containing
* the values of the requested header. If
* the request does not have any headers of
* that name return an empty
* enumeration. If
* the container does not allow access to
* header information, return null
*/
public Enumeration getHeaders(String name);
/**
* Returns an enumeration of all the header names
* this request contains. If the request has no
* headers, this method returns an empty enumeration.
*
*
Some servlet containers do not allow
* servlets to access headers using this method, in
* which case this method returns null
*
* @return an enumeration of all the
* header names sent with this
* request; if the request has
* no headers, an empty enumeration;
* if the servlet container does not
* allow servlets to use this method,
* null
*/
public Enumeration getHeaderNames();
/**
* Returns the value of the specified request header
* as an int. If the request does not have a header
* of the specified name, this method returns -1. If the
* header cannot be converted to an integer, this method
* throws a NumberFormatException.
*
*
The header name is case insensitive.
*
* @param name a String specifying the name
* of a request header
*
* @return an integer expressing the value
* of the request header or -1
* if the request doesn't have a
* header of this name
*
* @exception NumberFormatException If the header value
* can't be converted
* to an int
*/
public int getIntHeader(String name);
/**
* Returns the name of the HTTP method with which this
* request was made, for example, GET, POST, or PUT.
* Same as the value of the CGI variable REQUEST_METHOD.
*
* @return a String
* specifying the name
* of the method with which
* this request was made
*/
public String getMethod();
/**
* Returns any extra path information associated with
* the URL the client sent when it made this request.
* The extra path information follows the servlet path
* but precedes the query string and will start with
* a "/" character.
*
*
This method returns null if there
* was no extra path information.
*
*
Same as the value of the CGI variable PATH_INFO.
*
*
* @return a String, decoded by the
* web container, specifying
* extra path information that comes
* after the servlet path but before
* the query string in the request URL;
* or null if the URL does not have
* any extra path information
*/
public String getPathInfo();
/**
* Returns any extra path information after the servlet name
* but before the query string, and translates it to a real
* path. Same as the value of the CGI variable PATH_TRANSLATED.
*
*
If the URL does not have any extra path information,
* this method returns null or the servlet container
* cannot translate the virtual path to a real path for any reason
* (such as when the web application is executed from an archive).
*
* The web container does not decode this string.
*
* @return a String specifying the
* real path, or null if
* the URL does not have any extra path
* information
*/
public String getPathTranslated();
/**
* Returns the portion of the request URI that indicates the context
* of the request. The context path always comes first in a request
* URI. The path starts with a "/" character but does not end with a "/"
* character. For servlets in the default (root) context, this method
* returns "". The container does not decode this string.
*
*
* @return a String specifying the
* portion of the request URI that indicates the context
* of the request
*/
public String getContextPath();
/**
* Returns the query string that is contained in the request
* URL after the path. This method returns null
* if the URL does not have a query string. Same as the value
* of the CGI variable QUERY_STRING.
*
* @return a String containing the query
* string or null if the URL
* contains no query string. The value is not
* decoded by the container.
*/
public String getQueryString();
/**
* Returns the login of the user making this request, if the
* user has been authenticated, or null if the user
* has not been authenticated.
* Whether the user name is sent with each subsequent request
* depends on the browser and type of authentication. Same as the
* value of the CGI variable REMOTE_USER.
*
* @return a String specifying the login
* of the user making this request, or null
* if the user login is not known
*/
public String getRemoteUser();
/**
* Returns a boolean indicating whether the authenticated user is included
* in the specified logical "role". Roles and role membership can be
* defined using deployment descriptors. If the user has not been
* authenticated, the method returns false.
*
* @param role a String specifying the name
* of the role
*
* @return a boolean indicating whether
* the user making this request belongs to a given role;
* false if the user has not been
* authenticated
*/
public boolean isUserInRole(String role);
/**
* Returns a java.security.Principal object containing
* the name of the current authenticated user. If the user has not been
* authenticated, the method returns null.
*
* @return a java.security.Principal containing
* the name of the user making this request;
* null if the user has not been
* authenticated
*/
public java.security.Principal getUserPrincipal();
/**
* Returns the session ID specified by the client. This may
* not be the same as the ID of the current valid session
* for this request.
* If the client did not specify a session ID, this method returns
* null.
*
* @return a String specifying the session
* ID, or null if the request did
* not specify a session ID
*
* @see #isRequestedSessionIdValid
*/
public String getRequestedSessionId();
/**
* Returns the part of this request's URL from the protocol
* name up to the query string in the first line of the HTTP request.
* The web container does not decode this String.
* For example:
*
*
| First line of HTTP request | *Returned Value | *|
|---|---|---|
| POST /some/path.html HTTP/1.1 | /some/path.html * | |
| GET http://foo.bar/a.html HTTP/1.0 * | /a.html * | |
| HEAD /xyz?a=b HTTP/1.1 | /xyz * |
To reconstruct an URL with a scheme and host, use
* {@link #getRequestURL}.
*
* @return a String containing
* the part of the URL from the
* protocol name up to the query string
*/
public String getRequestURI();
/**
* Reconstructs the URL the client used to make the request.
* The returned URL contains a protocol, server name, port
* number, and server path, but it does not include query
* string parameters.
*
*
Because this method returns a StringBuffer,
* not a string, you can modify the URL easily, for example,
* to append query parameters.
*
*
This method is useful for creating redirect messages
* and for reporting errors.
*
* @return a StringBuffer object containing
* the reconstructed URL
*/
public StringBuffer getRequestURL();
/**
* Returns the part of this request's URL that calls
* the servlet. This path starts with a "/" character
* and includes either the servlet name or a path to
* the servlet, but does not include any extra path
* information or a query string. Same as the value of
* the CGI variable SCRIPT_NAME.
*
*
This method will return an empty string ("") if the
* servlet used to process this request was matched using
* the "/*" pattern.
*
* @return a String containing
* the name or path of the servlet being
* called, as specified in the request URL,
* decoded, or an empty string if the servlet
* used to process the request is matched
* using the "/*" pattern.
*/
public String getServletPath();
/**
* Returns the current HttpSession
* associated with this request or, if there is no
* current session and create is true, returns
* a new session.
*
*
If create is false
* and the request has no valid HttpSession,
* this method returns null.
*
*
To make sure the session is properly maintained,
* you must call this method before
* the response is committed. If the container is using cookies
* to maintain session integrity and is asked to create a new session
* when the response is committed, an IllegalStateException is thrown.
*
* @param create true to create
* a new session for this request if necessary;
* false to return null
* if there's no current session
*
*
* @return the HttpSession associated
* with this request or null if
* create is false
* and the request has no valid session
*
* @see #getSession()
*/
public HttpSession getSession(boolean create);
/**
* Returns the current session associated with this request,
* or if the request does not have a session, creates one.
*
* @return the HttpSession associated
* with this request
*
* @see #getSession(boolean)
*/
public HttpSession getSession();
/**
* Checks whether the requested session ID is still valid.
*
* @return true if this
* request has an id for a valid session
* in the current session context;
* false otherwise
*
* @see #getRequestedSessionId
* @see #getSession
* @see HttpSessionContext
*/
public boolean isRequestedSessionIdValid();
/**
* Checks whether the requested session ID came in as a cookie.
*
* @return true if the session ID
* came in as a
* cookie; otherwise, false
*
*
* @see #getSession
*/
public boolean isRequestedSessionIdFromCookie();
/**
* Checks whether the requested session ID came in as part of the
* request URL.
*
* @return true if the session ID
* came in as part of a URL; otherwise,
* false
*
* @see #getSession
*/
public boolean isRequestedSessionIdFromURL();
/**
* @deprecated As of Version 2.1 of the Java Servlet
* API, use {@link #isRequestedSessionIdFromURL}
* instead.
*/
public boolean isRequestedSessionIdFromUrl();
}