ServerHttpRequest.java

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package org.springframework.http.server;

import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.security.Principal;

import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;

/**
 * Represents a server-side HTTP request.
 *
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
 * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface ServerHttpRequest extends HttpRequest, HttpInputMessage {

	/**
	 * Return a {@link java.security.Principal} instance containing the name of the
	 * authenticated user. If the user has not been authenticated, the method returns
	 * <code>null</code>.
	 */
	Principal getPrincipal();

	/**
	 * Return the address on which the request was received.
	 */
	InetSocketAddress getLocalAddress();

	/**
	 * Return the address of the remote client.
	 */
	InetSocketAddress getRemoteAddress();

	/**
	 * Return a control that allows putting the request in asynchronous mode so the
	 * response remains open until closed explicitly from the current or another thread.
	 */
	ServerHttpAsyncRequestControl getAsyncRequestControl(ServerHttpResponse response);

}