Package com.oorian.html.elements.consts

Enum Class FormEncoding

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<FormEncoding>

com.oorian.html.elements.consts.FormEncoding

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<FormEncoding>, Constable

public enum FormEncoding
extends Enum<FormEncoding>

Enumeration defining the MIME encoding types for form data submission. This enum provides type-safe constants for the form element's "enctype" attribute, which specifies how form data should be encoded before being sent to the server.

Since:

1.0

Version:

1.0

Author:

Marvin P. Warble Jr.

See Also:

• Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
APPLICATION_X_WWW_FORM_URL_ENCODED	URL-encoded form data (default encoding type).
MULTIPART_FORM_DATA	Multipart form data encoding.
TEXT_PLAIN	Plain text encoding.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getValue()	Gets the MIME type string for this encoding type.
String	toString()
static FormEncoding	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static FormEncoding[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

APPLICATION_X_WWW_FORM_URL_ENCODED

public static final FormEncoding APPLICATION_X_WWW_FORM_URL_ENCODED

URL-encoded form data (default encoding type). All characters are encoded before being sent (spaces become '+', special characters become '%HH'). This is the default encoding type for forms when not specified.

MULTIPART_FORM_DATA

public static final FormEncoding MULTIPART_FORM_DATA

Multipart form data encoding. Required when uploading files through a form. Data is sent as a multipart message with each form field as a separate part with its own content type.

TEXT_PLAIN

public static final FormEncoding TEXT_PLAIN

Plain text encoding. Spaces are converted to '+' symbols but no special characters are encoded. Primarily used for email forms and debugging purposes.

Method Details

values

public static FormEncoding[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static FormEncoding valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

getValue

public String getValue()

Gets the MIME type string for this encoding type.

Returns:

the MIME type value used in the HTML enctype attribute.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Enum<FormEncoding>