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package javax.servlet.http;

import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import java.util.Enumeration;

/**
 *
 * Extends the {@link javax.servlet.ServletRequest} interface
 * to provide request information for HTTP servlets. 
 *
 * <p>The servlet container creates an <code>HttpServletRequest</code> 
 * object and passes it as an argument to the servlet's service
 * methods (<code>doGet</code>, <code>doPost</code>, etc).
 *
 *
 * @author 	Various
 * @version	$Version$
 *
 *
 */

public interface HttpServletRequest extends ServletRequest {



    /**
     * Returns the name of the authentication scheme used to protect
     * the servlet, for example, "BASIC" or "SSL," or <code>null</code>
     * if the servlet was not protected. 
     *
     * <p>Same as the value of the CGI variable AUTH_TYPE.
     *
     *
     * @return		a <code>String</code> specifying the name of
     *			the authentication scheme, or
     *			<code>null</code> if the request was not
     *			authenticated
     *
     */
   
    public String getAuthType();
    
   
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns an array containing all of the <code>Cookie</code>
     * objects the client sent with this request.
     * This method returns <code>null</code> if no cookies were sent.
     *
     * @return		an array of all the <code>Cookies</code>
     *			included with this request, or <code>null</code>
     *			if the request has no cookies
     *
     *
     */

    public Cookie[] getCookies();
    
    
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns the value of the specified request header
     * as a <code>long</code> value that represents a 
     * <code>Date</code> object. Use this method with
     * headers that contain dates, such as
     * <code>If-Modified-Since</code>. 
     *
     * <p>The date is returned as
     * the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT.
     * The header name is case insensitive.
     *
     * <p>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 <code>IllegalArgumentException</code>.
     *
     * @param name		a <code>String</code> specifying the
     *				name of the header
     *
     * @return			a <code>long</code> 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
     *				reqest
     *
     * @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 <code>String</code>. If the request did not include a header
     * of the specified name, this method returns <code>null</code>.
     * The header name is case insensitive. You can use
     * this method with any request header.
     *
     * @param name		a <code>String</code> specifying the
     *				header name
     *
     * @return			a <code>String</code> containing the
     *				value of the requested
     *				header, or <code>null</code>
     *				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 <code>Enumeration</code> of <code>String</code> objects.
     *
     * <p>Some headers, such as <code>Accept-Language</code> can be sent
     * by clients as several headers each with a different value rather than
     * sending the header as a comma separated list.
     *
     * <p>If the request did not include any headers
     * of the specified name, this method returns an empty
     * <code>Enumeration</code>.
     * The header name is case insensitive. You can use
     * this method with any request header.
     *
     * @param name		a <code>String</code> specifying the
     *				header name
     *
     * @return			a <code>Enumeration</code> containing the
     *				values of the requested
     *				header, or <code>null</code>
     *				if the request does not
     *				have any headers of that name
     *
     */			

    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.
     *
     * <p>Some servlet containers do not allow do not allow
     * servlets to access headers using this method, in
     * which case this method returns <code>null</code>
     *
     * @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,
     *				<code>null</code>
     *
     */

    public Enumeration getHeaderNames();
    
    
    

    /**
     *
     * Returns the value of the specified request header
     * as an <code>int</code>. 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 <code>NumberFormatException</code>.
     *
     * <p>The header name is case insensitive.
     *
     * @param name		a <code>String</code> 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 <code>int</code>
     */

    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 <code>String</code> 
     *				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.
     * This method returns <code>null</code> if there
     * was no extra path information.
     *
     * <p>Same as the value of the CGI variable PATH_INFO.
     *
     *
     * @return		a <code>String</code> specifying 
     *			extra path information that comes
     *			after the servlet path but before
     *			the query string in the request URL;
     *			or <code>null</code> 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.
     *
     * <p>If the URL does not have any extra path information,