javax.servlet
Class ServletInputStream

java.lang.Object
  java.io.InputStream
      javax.servlet.ServletInputStream

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ServletInputStreamImpl

public abstract class ServletInputStream
extends java.io.InputStream

Servlets generally read POSTed data with ServletInputStream. ServletInputStream adds a readLine method to the standard InputStream API.

Constructor Summary

protected

ServletInputStream()

Method Summary

int	readLine(byte[] buffer, int offset, int length) Reads a line from the POST data.

Methods inherited from class java.io.InputStream

available, close, mark, markSupported, read, read, read, reset, skip

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ServletInputStream

protected ServletInputStream()

Method Detail

readLine

public int readLine(byte[] buffer,
                    int offset,
                    int length)
             throws java.io.IOException

Reads a line from the POST data.

Parameters:

buffer - buffer to hold the line data

offset - offset into the buffer to start

length - maximum number of bytes to read.

Returns:

number of bytes read or -1 on the end of line.

Throws:

java.io.IOException