Class RequestFormParams

All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Cloneable, Iterable<RequestFormParam>, Collection<RequestFormParam>, List<RequestFormParam>, RandomAccess

Represents the parsed form-data parameters in an HTTP request.

The RequestFormParams object is the API for accessing the HTTP request content as form data. It can be accessed by passing it as a parameter on your REST Java method:

@RestPost(...) public Object myMethod(RequestFormParams formData) {...}

Example:

@RestPost(...) public Object myMethod(RequestFormParams formData) { // Get query parameters converted to various types. int p1 = formData.get("p1").asInteger().orElse(0); String p2 = formData.get("p2").orElse(null); UUID p3 = formData.get("p3").as(UUID.class).orElse(null); }

Note that this object does NOT take GET parameters into account and only returns values found in the content of the request.

Some important methods on this class are:

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  • Constructor Details

    • RequestFormParams

      public RequestFormParams(RestRequest req, boolean caseSensitive) throws Exception
      Constructor.
      Parameters:
      req - The request creating this bean.
      caseSensitive - Whether case-sensitive name matching is enabled.
      Throws:
      Exception - Any exception can be thrown.
  • Method Details

    • parser

      Sets the parser to use for part values.
      Parameters:
      value - The new value for this setting.
      Returns:
      This object.
    • caseSensitive

      public RequestFormParams caseSensitive(boolean value)
      Sets case sensitivity for names in this list.
      Parameters:
      value - The new value for this setting.
      Returns:
      This object (for method chaining).
    • addDefault

      public RequestFormParams addDefault(List<? extends NameValuePair> pairs)
      Adds default entries to these parameters.

      Similar to set(String, Object) but doesn't override existing values.

      Parameters:
      pairs - The default entries.
      Can be null.
      Returns:
      This object.
    • addDefault

      Adds default entries to these parameters.

      Similar to set(String, Object) but doesn't override existing values.

      Parameters:
      pairs - The default entries.
      Can be null.
      Returns:
      This object.
    • addDefault

      public RequestFormParams addDefault(String name, String value)
      Adds a default entry to the form data parameters.
      Parameters:
      name - The name.
      value - The value.
      Returns:
      This object.
    • add

      public RequestFormParams add(String name, Object value)
      Adds a parameter value.

      Parameter is added to the end.
      Existing parameter with the same name are not changed.

      Parameters:
      name - The parameter name. Must not be null.
      value - The parameter value.
      Returns:
      This object.
    • add

      public RequestFormParams add(NameValuePair... parameters)
      Adds request parameter values.

      Parameters are added to the end.
      Existing parameters with the same name are not changed.

      Parameters:
      parameters - The parameter objects. Must not be null.
      Returns:
      This object.
    • add

      public RequestFormParams add(jakarta.servlet.http.Part part)
      Adds a parameter value.

      Parameter is added to the end.
      Existing parameter with the same name are not changed.

      Parameters:
      part - The parameter part. Must not be null.
      Returns:
      This object.
    • set

      public RequestFormParams set(String name, Object value)
      Sets a parameter value.

      Parameter is added to the end.
      Any previous parameters with the same name are removed.

      Parameters:
      name - The parameter name. Must not be null.
      value - The parameter value.
      Converted to a string using Object.toString().
      Can be null.
      Returns:
      This object.
    • set

      public RequestFormParams set(NameValuePair... parameters)
      Sets request header values.

      Parameters are added to the end of the headers.
      Any previous parameters with the same name are removed.

      Parameters:
      parameters - The parameters to set. Must not be null or contain null.
      Returns:
      This object.
    • remove

      Remove parameters.
      Parameters:
      name - The parameter names. Must not be null.
      Returns:
      This object.
    • subset

      public RequestFormParams subset(String... names)
      Returns a copy of this object but only with the specified param names copied.
      Parameters:
      names - The list to include in the copy.
      Returns:
      A new list object.
    • contains

      public boolean contains(String name)
      Returns true if the parameters with the specified names are present.
      Parameters:
      name - The parameter name. Must not be null.
      Returns:
      true if the parameters with the specified names are present.
    • containsAny

      public boolean containsAny(String... names)
      Returns true if the parameter with any of the specified names are present.
      Parameters:
      names - The parameter names. Must not be null.
      Returns:
      true if the parameter with any of the specified names are present.
    • getAll

      Returns all the parameters with the specified name.
      Parameters:
      name - The parameter name.
      Returns:
      The list of all parameters with the specified name, or an empty list if none are found.
    • stream

      Returns all headers with the specified name.
      Parameters:
      name - The header name.
      Returns:
      The stream of all headers with matching names. Never null.
    • getSorted

      Returns all headers in sorted order.
      Returns:
      The stream of all headers in sorted order.
    • getNames

      public List<String> getNames()
      Returns all the unique header names in this list.
      Returns:
      The list of all unique header names in this list.
    • getFirst

      Returns the first parameter with the specified name.

      Note that this method never returns null and that RequestHttpPart.isPresent() can be used to test for the existence of the parameter.

      Parameters:
      name - The parameter name.
      Returns:
      The parameter. Never null.
    • getLast

      Returns the last parameter with the specified name.

      Note that this method never returns null and that RequestHttpPart.isPresent() can be used to test for the existence of the parameter.

      Parameters:
      name - The parameter name.
      Returns:
      The parameter. Never null.
    • get

      public RequestFormParam get(String name)
      Returns the last parameter with the specified name.

      This is equivalent to getLast(String).

      Parameters:
      name - The parameter name.
      Returns:
      The parameter value, or Optional.empty() if it doesn't exist.
    • get

      public <T> Optional<T> get(Class<T> type)
      Returns the form data parameter as the specified bean type.

      Type must have a name specified via the FormData annotation and a public constructor that takes in either value or name,value as strings.

      Type Parameters:
      T - The bean type to create.
      Parameters:
      type - The bean type to create.
      Returns:
      The bean, never null.
    • asQueryString

      Converts this object to a query string.

      Returned query string does not start with '?'.

      Returns:
      A new query string, or an empty string if this object is empty.
    • copy

      Makes a copy of these parameters.
      Returns:
      A new parameters object.
    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class AbstractCollection<RequestFormParam>