@FormData

The {@link oaj.http.annotation.FormData @FormData} annotation is used to retrieve request form post entries.

The most typical scenario is to simply use the value field to define form data parameter names:

Example:

@RestMethod(name=POST) public void doPost( @FormData("p1") int p1, @FormData("p2") String p2, @FormData("p3") UUID p3) {...}

This is functionally equivalent to the following code:

@RestMethod(name=POST) public void doPost(RestRequest req) { RequestFormData fd = req.getFormData(); int p1 = fd.get("p1", 0, int.class); String p2 = fd.get("p2", String.class); UUID p3 = fd.get("p3", UUID.class); }

The special name "*" (or blank) can be used to represent all values. When used, the data type must be a Map or bean.

Examples:

// Multiple values passed as a map. @RestMethod(name=POST) public void doPost(@FormData("*") Map<String,Object> map) {...}

// Same, but name "*" is inferred. @RestMethod(name=POST) public void doPost(@FormData Map<String,Object> map) {...}

// Multiple values passed as a bean. @RestMethod(name=POST) public void doPost(@FormData MyBean bean) {...}

The registered {@link oajr.RestContext#REST_partParser REST_partParser} is used to convert strings to POJOs and controls what POJO types are supported. By default, this is the {@link oaj.oapi.OpenApiParser} which supports the standard Swagger-based rules for parsing.

For example, the following shows how a pipe-delimited list of comma-delimited numbers (e.g. "1,2,3|4,5,6|7,8,9") can be converted to a 2-dimensional array of Longs:

@RestMethod(method="POST", path="/testFormData") public void testFormData( @FormData( name="formDataParamName", collectionFormat="pipes", items=@SubItems( collectionFormat="csv", type="integer", format="int64", minimum="0", maximum="100" minLength=1, maxLength=10 ), minLength=1, maxLength=10 ) Long[][] formDataParameter ) {...}

Input will be converted based on the types and formats defined in the schema definition. Input validations such as minLength/maxLength that don't match the input will result in automatic 400 Bad Request responses.

For more information about valid parameter types, see {@doc juneau-marshall.OpenApiDetails.Parsers OpenAPI Parsers}

The @FormData annotation is also used for supplying swagger information about the HTTP part. This information is used to populate the auto-generated Swagger documentation and UI.

Examples:

// Normal @FormData( name="name", description="Pet name", required=true, example="Doggie" )

// Free-form // Note the extra field @FormData( name="name", api={ "description: 'Pet name',", "required: true,", "example: 'Doggie'," "x-extra: 'extra field'" } )

{@doc DefaultRestSvlVariables} (e.g. "$L{my.localized.variable}") are supported on annotation fields.

Example:

@FormData( description="$L{PetNameDescription}" )

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