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18 * @file saml/binding/HTTPRequest.h
20 * Interface to HTTP requests
23 #ifndef __saml_httpreq_h__
24 #define __saml_httpreq_h__
26 #include <saml/binding/GenericRequest.h>
31 * Interface to caller-supplied shim for accessing HTTP request context.
33 * <p>To supply information from the surrounding web server environment,
34 * a shim must be supplied in the form of this interface to adapt the
35 * library to different proprietary server APIs.
37 * <p>This interface need not be threadsafe.
39 class SAML_API HTTPRequest : public GenericRequest {
40 MAKE_NONCOPYABLE(HTTPRequest);
44 virtual ~HTTPRequest() {}
47 * Returns the HTTP method of the request (GET, POST, etc.)
49 * @return the HTTP method
51 virtual const char* getMethod() const=0;
54 * Returns the complete request URL, including scheme, host, port.
56 * @return the request URL
58 virtual const char* getRequestURL() const=0;
61 * Returns the HTTP query string appened to the request. The query
62 * string is returned without any decoding applied, everything found
63 * after the ? delimiter.
65 * @return the query string
67 virtual const char* getQueryString() const=0;
70 * Returns a request header value.
72 * @param name the name of the header to return
73 * @return the header's value, or an empty string
75 virtual std::string getHeader(const char* name) const=0;
79 #endif /* __saml_httpreq_h__ */