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* except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://displaytag.sourceforge.net/license.html
*
* THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
* WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*/
package org.displaytag.util;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* A RequestHelper object is used to read parameters from the request. Main features are handling of numeric parameters
* and the ability to create Href objects from the current request.
* @author Fabrizio Giustina
* @version $Revision: 720 $ ($Author: fgiust $)
*/
public interface RequestHelper
{
/**
* return the current Href for the request (base url and parameters).
* @return Href
*/
Href getHref();
/**
* Reads a String parameter from the request.
* @param key String parameter name
* @return String parameter value
*/
String getParameter(String key);
/**
* Reads an Integer parameter from the request.
* @param key String parameter name
* @return Integer parameter value or null if the parameter is not found or it can't be transformed to an Integer
*/
Integer getIntParameter(String key);
/**
* Returns a Map containing all the parameters in the request.
* @return Map
*/
Map getParameterMap();
}