org.apache.commons.fileupload.disk
Class DiskFileItemFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.fileupload.disk.DiskFileItemFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

FileItemFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultFileItemFactory

public class DiskFileItemFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements FileItemFactory

The default FileItemFactory implementation. This implementation creates FileItem instances which keep their content either in memory, for smaller items, or in a temporary file on disk, for larger items. The size threshold, above which content will be stored on disk, is configurable, as is the directory in which temporary files will be created.

If not otherwise configured, the default configuration values are as follows:

• Size threshold is 10KB.
• Repository is the system default temp directory, as returned by System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir").

When using the DiskFileItemFactory, then you should consider the following: Temporary files are automatically deleted as soon as they are no longer needed. (More precisely, when the corresponding instance of File is garbage collected.) Cleaning up those files is done by an instance of FileCleaningTracker, and an associated thread. In a complex environment, for example in a web application, you should consider terminating this thread, for example, when your web application ends. See the section on "Resource cleanup" in the users guide of commons-fileupload.

Since:

FileUpload 1.1

Version:

$Id: DiskFileItemFactory.java 607869 2008-01-01 16:42:17Z jochen $

Author:

Martin Cooper

DEFAULT_SIZE_THRESHOLD

public static final int DEFAULT_SIZE_THRESHOLD

The default threshold above which uploads will be stored on disk.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

DiskFileItemFactory

public DiskFileItemFactory()

Constructs an unconfigured instance of this class. The resulting factory may be configured by calling the appropriate setter methods.

DiskFileItemFactory

public DiskFileItemFactory(int sizeThreshold,
                           java.io.File repository)

Constructs a preconfigured instance of this class.

Parameters:

sizeThreshold - The threshold, in bytes, below which items will be retained in memory and above which they will be stored as a file.

repository - The data repository, which is the directory in which files will be created, should the item size exceed the threshold.

getRepository

public java.io.File getRepository()

Returns the directory used to temporarily store files that are larger than the configured size threshold.

Returns:

The directory in which temporary files will be located.

See Also:

setRepository(java.io.File)

setRepository

public void setRepository(java.io.File repository)

Sets the directory used to temporarily store files that are larger than the configured size threshold.

Parameters:

repository - The directory in which temporary files will be located.

See Also:

getRepository()

getSizeThreshold

public int getSizeThreshold()

Returns the size threshold beyond which files are written directly to disk. The default value is 10240 bytes.

Returns:

The size threshold, in bytes.

See Also:

setSizeThreshold(int)

setSizeThreshold

public void setSizeThreshold(int sizeThreshold)

Sets the size threshold beyond which files are written directly to disk.

Parameters:

sizeThreshold - The size threshold, in bytes.

See Also:

getSizeThreshold()

createItem

public FileItem createItem(java.lang.String fieldName,
                           java.lang.String contentType,
                           boolean isFormField,
                           java.lang.String fileName)

Create a new DiskFileItem instance from the supplied parameters and the local factory configuration.

Specified by:

createItem in interface FileItemFactory

Parameters:

fieldName - The name of the form field.

contentType - The content type of the form field.

isFormField - true if this is a plain form field; false otherwise.

fileName - The name of the uploaded file, if any, as supplied by the browser or other client.

Returns:

The newly created file item.

getFileCleaningTracker

public org.apache.commons.io.FileCleaningTracker getFileCleaningTracker()

Returns the tracker, which is responsible for deleting temporary files.

Returns:

An instance of FileCleaningTracker, defaults to FileCleaner.getInstance(). Null, if temporary files aren't tracked.

setFileCleaningTracker

public void setFileCleaningTracker(org.apache.commons.io.FileCleaningTracker pTracker)

Returns the tracker, which is responsible for deleting temporary files.

Parameters:

pTracker - An instance of FileCleaningTracker, which will from now on track the created files. May be null to disable tracking.