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package org.apache.tapestry5.services;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * Generic version of {@link javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest}, used to encapsulate the Servlet API version, and to
 * help bridge the differences between Servlet API and Porlet API.
 *
 * The Request service is a {@linkplain org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.PropertyShadowBuilder shadow} of the current
 * thread's request.
 */
public interface Request
{
    /**
     * Gets the {@link Session}. If create is false and the session has not be created previously, returns null. Also,
     * if the session is invalidated and create is false, returns null. Invoking this method with true, when the session exists but has
     * been invalidated, will force the creation of a new session.
     *
     * @param create
     *         true to force the creation of the session
     * @return the session (or null if create is false the session has not been previously created)
     */
    Session getSession(boolean create);

    /**
     * Returns the context path. This always starts with a "/" character and does not end with one, with the exception
     * of servlets in the root context, which return the empty string.
     *
     * @deprecated in 5.4, inject the value for symbol {@link org.apache.tapestry5.SymbolConstants#CONTEXT_PATH} instead
     */
    String getContextPath();

    /**
     * Returns a list of query parameter names, in alphabetical order.
     */
    List<String> getParameterNames();

    /**
     * Returns the query parameter value for the given name. Returns null if no such parameter is in the request. For a
     * multi-valued parameter, returns just the first value.
     */
    String getParameter(String name);

    /**
     * Returns the parameter values for the given name. Returns null if no such parameter is in the request.
     */
    String[] getParameters(String name);

    /**
     * Returns the path portion of the request, which starts with a "/" and contains everything up to the start of the
     * query parameters. It doesn't include the context path.
     */
    String getPath();

    /**
     * Returns the locale of the client as determined from the request headers.
     */
    Locale getLocale();

    /**
     * Returns the names of all headers in the request.
     */
    List<String> getHeaderNames();

    /**
     * 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>
     * .
     *
     * 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 <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
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *         If the header value can't be converted to a date
     */
    long getDateHeader(String name);

    /**
     * Returns the named header as a string, or null if not found.
     */
    String getHeader(String name);

    /**
     * Returns true if the request originated on the client using XmlHttpRequest (the core of any Ajax behavior). Ajax
     * action requests may behave quite differently than ordinary, page-based requests. This implementation currently
     * depends on the client side setting a header: <strong>X-Requested-With=XMLHttpRequest</strong> (this is what
     * Prototype does).
     *
     * @return true if the request has an XmlHttpRequest origin
     */
    boolean isXHR();

    /**
     * Returns a boolean indicating whether this request was made using a secure channel, such as HTTPS.
     *
     * @return a boolean indicating if the request was made using a secure channel
     */
    public boolean isSecure();

    /**
     * Returns the host name of the server to which the request was sent. It is the value of the part before ":" in the
     * <code>Host</code> header, if any, or the resolved server name, or the server IP address.
     *
     * @return the name of the server
     */
    public String getServerName();

    /**
     * Checks whether the requested session ID is still valid.
     *
     * @return true if the request included a session id that is still active, false if the included session id has
     *         expired
     */
    boolean isRequestedSessionIdValid();

    /**
     * Returns the value of the named attribute as an <code>Object</code>, or <code>null</code> if no attribute of the
     * given name exists. Because this method is a wrapper around
     * {@link javax.servlet.ServletRequest#getAttribute(String)},
     * it is case <em>sensitive</em> (unlike most of Tapestry).
     *
     * @param name
     *         a <code>String</code> specifying the name of the attribute
     * @return an <code>Object</code> containing the value of the attribute, or <code>null</code> if the attribute does
     *         not exist
     */
    Object getAttribute(String name);

    /**
     * Returns a sorted list of attribute names.
     *
     * @since 5.4
     */
    List<String> getAttributeNames();


    /**
     * Stores an attribute in this request. Attributes are reset between requests (and remember that in Tapestry, there
     * is usually two requests per operation: the action request that redirects to a render request).
     *
     * @param name
     *         a <code>String</code> specifying the name of the attribute
     * @param value
     *         the <code>Object</code> to be stored, or null to remove the attribute
     */
    void setAttribute(String name, Object value);

    /**
     * Returns the name of the HTTP method with which this request was made, for example, GET, POST, or PUT.
     *
     * @return a string specifying the name of the method with which this request was made
     */
    String getMethod();

    /**
     * Returns the Internet Protocol (IP) port number of the interface
     * on which the request was received.
     *
     * @return an integer specifying the port number
     * @since 5.2.0
     */
    int getLocalPort();

    /**
     * Returns the port number to which the request was sent.
     * It is the value of the part after ":" in the <code>Host</code> header, if any, or the server port where the
     * client connection
     * was accepted on.
     *
     * @return an integer specifying the port number
     * @since 5.2.5
     */
    int getServerPort();

    /**
     * Returns the fully qualified name of the client
     * or the last proxy that sent the request.
     * If the engine cannot or chooses not to resolve the hostname
     * (to improve performance), this method returns the dotted-string form of
     * the IP address.
     *
     * @return a <code>String</code> containing the fully
     *         qualified name of the client
     * @since 5.3
     */
    String getRemoteHost();

    /**
     * Returns true if the request specified a session, and that session has been invalidated.
     *
     * @return true if session was invalidated during this request
     * @since 5.4
     */
    boolean isSessionInvalidated();
}