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Posted to commits@juneau.apache.org by ja...@apache.org on 2017/05/07 20:16:15 UTC

[3/3] incubator-juneau git commit: Break up RestRequest into different functional classes.

Break up RestRequest into different functional classes.

Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/commit/321f6bde
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/tree/321f6bde
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/diff/321f6bde

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: 321f6bdeef10b2d5cabb3a51c14dc92349aa7cb3
Parents: fa4736b
Author: JamesBognar <ja...@apache.org>
Authored: Sun May 7 16:16:08 2017 -0400
Committer: JamesBognar <ja...@apache.org>
Committed: Sun May 7 16:16:08 2017 -0400

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 .../urlencoding/UrlEncodingParserTest.java      |    8 +-
 .../java/org/apache/juneau/http/HttpMethod.java |   73 +
 .../org/apache/juneau/internal/WrappedMap.java  |   94 ++
 .../juneau/urlencoding/UrlEncodingParser.java   |    5 +-
 juneau-core/src/main/javadoc/overview.html      |   34 +-
 .../examples/rest/MethodExampleResource.java    |   16 +-
 .../rest/addressbook/AddressBookResource.java   |    4 +-
 .../rest/test/CallbackStringsResource.java      |    8 +-
 .../juneau/rest/test/OnPreCallResource.java     |    2 +-
 .../rest/test/OverlappingMethodsResource.java   |    8 +-
 .../apache/juneau/rest/test/ParamsResource.java |   36 +-
 .../juneau/rest/test/RestClient2Resource.java   |    2 +-
 .../java/org/apache/juneau/rest/CallMethod.java |   32 +-
 .../org/apache/juneau/rest/RequestBody.java     |  431 ++++++
 .../org/apache/juneau/rest/RequestFormData.java |  271 ++++
 .../org/apache/juneau/rest/RequestHeaders.java  |  675 ++++++++++
 .../apache/juneau/rest/RequestPathParams.java   |  137 ++
 .../org/apache/juneau/rest/RequestQuery.java    |  287 ++++
 .../org/apache/juneau/rest/RestContext.java     |    2 +-
 .../java/org/apache/juneau/rest/RestParam.java  |  978 ++++++++++++++
 .../org/apache/juneau/rest/RestParamType.java   |   48 +
 .../org/apache/juneau/rest/RestRequest.java     | 1247 +++---------------
 .../apache/juneau/rest/annotation/FormData.java |    2 +-
 .../juneau/rest/annotation/HasFormData.java     |    2 +-
 .../apache/juneau/rest/annotation/HasQuery.java |    2 +-
 .../apache/juneau/rest/annotation/Query.java    |    2 +-
 .../juneau/rest/converters/Introspectable.java  |    4 +-
 .../juneau/rest/converters/Queryable.java       |   17 +-
 .../juneau/rest/converters/Traversable.java     |    2 +-
 .../rest/remoteable/RemoteableServlet.java      |    4 +-
 .../juneau/rest/response/DefaultHandler.java    |    4 +-
 .../org/apache/juneau/rest/vars/RequestVar.java |    4 +-
 32 files changed, 3258 insertions(+), 1183 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/blob/321f6bde/juneau-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/juneau/urlencoding/UrlEncodingParserTest.java
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diff --git a/juneau-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/juneau/urlencoding/UrlEncodingParserTest.java b/juneau-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/juneau/urlencoding/UrlEncodingParserTest.java
index d23eca3..3ae3679 100755
--- a/juneau-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/juneau/urlencoding/UrlEncodingParserTest.java
+++ b/juneau-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/juneau/urlencoding/UrlEncodingParserTest.java
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ public class UrlEncodingParserTest {
 		Map<String,String[]> m;
 
 		String s = "?f1=,()=&f2a=$b(true)&f2b=true&f3a=$n(123)&f3b=123&f4=$s(foo)";
-		m = p.parseIntoSimpleMap(s);
+		m = p.parseIntoSimpleMap(s, null);
 		assertEquals(",()=", m.get("f1")[0]);
 		assertEquals("$b(true)", m.get("f2a")[0]);
 		assertEquals("true", m.get("f2b")[0]);
@@ -615,12 +615,12 @@ public class UrlEncodingParserTest {
 		assertEquals("$s(foo)", m.get("f4")[0]);
 
 		s = "f1=v1&=";
-		m = p.parseIntoSimpleMap(s);
+		m = p.parseIntoSimpleMap(s, null);
 		assertEquals("v1", m.get("f1")[0]);
 		assertEquals("", m.get("")[0]);
 
 		s = "f1=v1&f2&f3";
-		m = p.parseIntoSimpleMap(s);
+		m = p.parseIntoSimpleMap(s, null);
 		assertEquals("v1", m.get("f1")[0]);
 		assertTrue(m.containsKey("f2"));
 		assertTrue(m.containsKey("f3"));
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ public class UrlEncodingParserTest {
 		Map<String,String[]> m;
 
 		String s = "?f1&f1&f2&f2=abc&f2=def&f2";
-		m = p.parseIntoSimpleMap(s);
+		m = p.parseIntoSimpleMap(s, null);
 		assertObjectEquals("{f1:null,f2:['abc','def']}", m);
 	}
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/blob/321f6bde/juneau-core/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/http/HttpMethod.java
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diff --git a/juneau-core/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/http/HttpMethod.java b/juneau-core/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/http/HttpMethod.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6ccf3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/juneau-core/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/http/HttpMethod.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// ***************************************************************************************************************************
+// * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file *
+// * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file        *
+// * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance            *
+// * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at                                                              *
+// *                                                                                                                         *
+// *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                                                             *
+// *                                                                                                                         *
+// * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an  *
+// * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the        *
+// * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.                                              *
+// ***************************************************************************************************************************
+package org.apache.juneau.http;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+/**
+ * Represents valid HTTP 1.1 method names per the <a class='doclink' href='https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt'>RFC 2616</a> spec.
+ */
+public enum HttpMethod {
+
+	/** <a class='doclink' href='https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.2'>OPTIONS</a> */
+	OPTIONS,
+
+	/** <a class='doclink' href='https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.3'>GET</a> */
+	GET,
+
+	/** <a class='doclink' href='https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.4'>HEAD</a> */
+	HEAD,
+
+	/** <a class='doclink' href='https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.5'>POST</a> */
+	POST,
+
+	/** <a class='doclink' href='https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.6'>PUT</a> */
+	PUT,
+
+	/** <a class='doclink' href='https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.7'>DELETE</a> */
+	DELETE,
+
+	/** <a class='doclink' href='https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.8'>TRACE</a> */
+	TRACE,
+
+	/** <a class='doclink' href='https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.9'>CONNECT</a> */
+	CONNECT,
+
+	/** A non-standard value. */
+	OTHER;
+
+	private static final Map<String,HttpMethod> cache = new TreeMap<String,HttpMethod>(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
+	static {
+		cache.put("OPTIONS", OPTIONS);
+		cache.put("GET", GET);
+		cache.put("HEAD", HEAD);
+		cache.put("POST", POST);
+		cache.put("PUT", PUT);
+		cache.put("DELETE", DELETE);
+		cache.put("TRACE", TRACE);
+		cache.put("CONNECT", CONNECT);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the enum for the specified key.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Case is ignored.
+	 *
+	 * @param key The HTTP method name.
+	 * @return The HttpMethod enum, or {@link #OTHER} if it's not a standard method name.
+	 */
+	public static HttpMethod forString(String key) {
+		HttpMethod m = cache.get(key);
+		return m == null ? OTHER : m;
+	}
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/blob/321f6bde/juneau-core/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/internal/WrappedMap.java
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diff --git a/juneau-core/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/internal/WrappedMap.java b/juneau-core/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/internal/WrappedMap.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1f0adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/juneau-core/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/internal/WrappedMap.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// ***************************************************************************************************************************
+// * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file *
+// * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file        *
+// * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance            *
+// * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at                                                              *
+// *                                                                                                                         *
+// *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                                                             *
+// *                                                                                                                         *
+// * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an  *
+// * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the        *
+// * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.                                              *
+// ***************************************************************************************************************************
+package org.apache.juneau.internal;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+/**
+ * Wraps an existing map inside an extensible interface so that convenience methods can be added to the subclass.
+ * @param <K> The key type.
+ * @param <V> The value type.
+ */
+public class WrappedMap<K,V> implements Map<K,V> {
+
+	private final Map<K,V> inner;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor.
+	 *
+	 * @param inner The inner map.
+	 */
+	protected WrappedMap(Map<K,V> inner) {
+		this.inner = inner;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Map */
+	public void clear() {
+		inner.clear();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean containsKey(Object key) {
+		return inner.containsKey(key);
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Map */
+	public boolean containsValue(Object value) {
+		return inner.containsValue(value);
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Map */
+	public Set<java.util.Map.Entry<K,V>> entrySet() {
+		return inner.entrySet();
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Map */
+	public V get(Object key) {
+		return inner.get(key);
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Map */
+	public boolean isEmpty() {
+		return inner.isEmpty();
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Map */
+	public Set<K> keySet() {
+		return inner.keySet();
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Map */
+	public V put(K key, V value) {
+		return inner.put(key, value);
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Map */
+	public void putAll(Map<? extends K,? extends V> m) {
+		inner.putAll(m);
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Map */
+	public V remove(Object key) {
+		return inner.remove(key);
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Map */
+	public int size() {
+		return inner.size();
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Map */
+	public Collection<V> values() {
+		return inner.values();
+	}
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/blob/321f6bde/juneau-core/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/urlencoding/UrlEncodingParser.java
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diff --git a/juneau-core/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/urlencoding/UrlEncodingParser.java b/juneau-core/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/urlencoding/UrlEncodingParser.java
index af4881e..cb9f19c 100644
--- a/juneau-core/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/urlencoding/UrlEncodingParser.java
+++ b/juneau-core/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/urlencoding/UrlEncodingParser.java
@@ -333,12 +333,13 @@ public class UrlEncodingParser extends UonParser {
 	 * Parse a URL query string into a simple map of key/value pairs.
 	 *
 	 * @param qs The query string to parse.
+	 * @param map The map to parse into.  If <jk>null</jk>, then a new {@link TreeMap} will be used.
 	 * @return A sorted {@link TreeMap} of query string entries.
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public Map<String,String[]> parseIntoSimpleMap(String qs) throws Exception {
+	public Map<String,String[]> parseIntoSimpleMap(String qs, Map<String,String[]> map) throws Exception {
 
-		Map<String,String[]> m = new TreeMap<String,String[]>();
+		Map<String,String[]> m = map == null ? new TreeMap<String,String[]>() : map;
 
 		if (StringUtils.isEmpty(qs))
 			return m;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/blob/321f6bde/juneau-core/src/main/javadoc/overview.html
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diff --git a/juneau-core/src/main/javadoc/overview.html b/juneau-core/src/main/javadoc/overview.html
index 566c169..44ef436 100644
--- a/juneau-core/src/main/javadoc/overview.html
+++ b/juneau-core/src/main/javadoc/overview.html
@@ -5911,29 +5911,29 @@
 		<h6 class='topic'>org.apache.juneau</h6>
 		<ul class='spaced-list'>
 			<li>New package:  {@link org.apache.juneau.http}.
-			<ul>
-				<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.http.Accept}
-				<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.http.AcceptEncoding}
-				<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.http.ContentType}
-			</ul>
 			<li>Support for dynamic beans.  See {@link org.apache.juneau.annotation.BeanProperty#name() @BeanProperty.name()}.
 			<li>New doc: <a class='doclink' href='#Core.JacksonComparison'>2.12 - Comparison with Jackson</a>
 		</ul>
 
 		<h6 class='topic'>org.apache.juneau.rest</h6>
 		<ul class='spaced-list'>
-			<li>The following object types can now be specified as unannotated arguments on REST Java methods:
-			<ul>
-				<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.http.Accept}
-				<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.http.AcceptEncoding}
-				<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.http.ContentType}
-			</ul>
-			<li>New methods on {@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RestRequest}:
-			<ul>
-				<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RestRequest#getAcceptHeader() getAcceptHeader()}
-				<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RestRequest#getAcceptEncodingHeader() getAcceptEncodingHeader()}
-				<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RestRequest#getContentTypeHeader() getContentTypeHeader()}
-			</ul>
+			<li>The {@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RestRequest} class functionality has been broken up into the following
+				functional pieces to reduce its complexity:
+				<ul>
+					<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RestRequest#getBody()} - The request body.
+					<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RestRequest#getHeaders()} - The request headers.
+					<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RestRequest#getQuery()} - The request query parameters.
+					<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RestRequest#getFormData()} - The request form data parameters.
+					<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RestRequest#getPathParams()} - The path variables.
+				</ul>	
+				The following classes have been introduced:
+				<ul>
+					<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RequestBody}
+					<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RequestHeaders}
+					<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RequestQuery}
+					<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RequestFormData}
+					<li>{@link org.apache.juneau.rest.RequestPathParams}
+				</ul>						
 		</ul>
 
 		<h6 class='topic'>org.apache.juneau.rest.client</h6>

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/blob/321f6bde/juneau-examples-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/examples/rest/MethodExampleResource.java
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diff --git a/juneau-examples-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/examples/rest/MethodExampleResource.java b/juneau-examples-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/examples/rest/MethodExampleResource.java
index 1d06a5a..ba6ce35 100644
--- a/juneau-examples-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/examples/rest/MethodExampleResource.java
+++ b/juneau-examples-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/examples/rest/MethodExampleResource.java
@@ -62,21 +62,23 @@ public class MethodExampleResource extends Resource {
 		String method = req.getMethod();
 
 		// Attributes (from URL pattern variables)
-		String a1 = req.getPathParameter("a1", String.class);
-		int a2 = req.getPathParameter("a2", int.class);
-		UUID a3 = req.getPathParameter("a3", UUID.class);
+		RequestPathParams path = req.getPathParams();
+		String a1 = path.get("a1", String.class);
+		int a2 = path.get("a2", int.class);
+		UUID a3 = path.get("a3", UUID.class);
 
 		// Optional GET parameters
-		int p1 = req.getQueryParameter("p1", 0, int.class);
-		String p2 = req.getQueryParameter("p2", String.class);
-		UUID p3 = req.getQueryParameter("p3", UUID.class);
+		RequestQuery query = req.getQuery();
+		int p1 = query.get("p1", 0, int.class);
+		String p2 = query.get("p2", String.class);
+		UUID p3 = query.get("p3", UUID.class);
 
 		// URL pattern post-match
 		String remainder = req.getPathRemainder();
 
 		// Headers
 		String lang = req.getHeader("Accept-Language");
-		int doNotTrack = req.getHeader("DNT", int.class);
+		int doNotTrack = req.getHeaders().get("DNT", int.class);
 
 		// Send back a simple String response
 		String output = String.format(

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/blob/321f6bde/juneau-examples-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/examples/rest/addressbook/AddressBookResource.java
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diff --git a/juneau-examples-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/examples/rest/addressbook/AddressBookResource.java b/juneau-examples-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/examples/rest/addressbook/AddressBookResource.java
index ab9ef57..122d949 100644
--- a/juneau-examples-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/examples/rest/addressbook/AddressBookResource.java
+++ b/juneau-examples-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/examples/rest/addressbook/AddressBookResource.java
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public class AddressBookResource extends ResourceJena {
 			String pathRemainder = req.getPathRemainder();
 			PojoRest r = new PojoRest(p);
 			ClassMeta<?> cm = r.getClassMeta(pathRemainder);
-			Object in = req.getBody(cm);
+			Object in = req.getBody().asType(cm);
 			r.put(pathRemainder, in);
 			return "PUT successful";
 		} catch (Exception e) {
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public class AddressBookResource extends ResourceJena {
 			String pathInfo = req.getPathInfo();
 			PojoRest r = new PojoRest(a);
 			ClassMeta<?> cm = r.getClassMeta(pathInfo);
-			Object in = req.getBody(cm);
+			Object in = req.getBody().asType(cm);
 			r.put(pathInfo, in);
 			return "PUT successful";
 		} catch (Exception e) {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/blob/321f6bde/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/CallbackStringsResource.java
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diff --git a/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/CallbackStringsResource.java b/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/CallbackStringsResource.java
index 8b873af..74038b3 100644
--- a/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/CallbackStringsResource.java
+++ b/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/CallbackStringsResource.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class CallbackStringsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="GET", path="/")
 	public ObjectMap test1(RestRequest req) throws Exception {
-		return new ObjectMap().append("method","GET").append("headers", getFooHeaders(req)).append("content", req.getBodyAsString());
+		return new ObjectMap().append("method","GET").append("headers", getFooHeaders(req)).append("content", req.getBody().asString());
 	}
 
 	//====================================================================================================
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ public class CallbackStringsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="PUT", path="/")
 	public ObjectMap testCharsetOnResponse(RestRequest req) throws Exception {
-		return new ObjectMap().append("method","PUT").append("headers", getFooHeaders(req)).append("content", req.getBodyAsString());
+		return new ObjectMap().append("method","PUT").append("headers", getFooHeaders(req)).append("content", req.getBody().asString());
 	}
 
 	private Map<String,Object> getFooHeaders(RestRequest req) {
 		Map<String,Object> m = new TreeMap<String,Object>();
-		for (Map.Entry<String,Object> e : req.getHeaders().entrySet())
+		for (Map.Entry<String,String[]> e : req.getHeaders().entrySet())
 			if (e.getKey().startsWith("Foo-"))
-				m.put(e.getKey(), e.getValue());
+				m.put(e.getKey(), e.getValue()[0]);
 		return m;
 	}
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/blob/321f6bde/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/OnPreCallResource.java
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diff --git a/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/OnPreCallResource.java b/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/OnPreCallResource.java
index 46e20a6..9479ab4 100644
--- a/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/OnPreCallResource.java
+++ b/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/OnPreCallResource.java
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ public class OnPreCallResource extends RestServlet {
 	public String testPropertiesOverriddenProgrammatically(RestRequest req, @Properties ObjectMap properties) throws Exception {
 		properties.put("p3", "pp3");
 		properties.put("p4", "pp4");
-		return req.getBody(String.class);
+		return req.getBody().asType(String.class);
 	}
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/blob/321f6bde/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/OverlappingMethodsResource.java
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diff --git a/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/OverlappingMethodsResource.java b/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/OverlappingMethodsResource.java
index 6bfef72..c5dfce1 100644
--- a/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/OverlappingMethodsResource.java
+++ b/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/OverlappingMethodsResource.java
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ public class OverlappingMethodsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	public static class Test1Guard extends RestGuard {
 		@Override /* RestGuard */
 		public boolean isRequestAllowed(RestRequest req) {
-			return req.getQueryParameter("t1","").equals("1");
+			return req.getQuery("t1","").equals("1");
 		}
 	}
 
 	public static class Test2Guard extends RestGuard {
 		@Override /* RestGuard */
 		public boolean isRequestAllowed(RestRequest req) {
-			return req.getQueryParameter("t2","").equals("2");
+			return req.getQuery("t2","").equals("2");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ public class OverlappingMethodsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	public static class Test3aMatcher extends RestMatcher {
 		@Override /* RestMatcher */
 		public boolean matches(RestRequest req) {
-			return req.getQueryParameter("t1","").equals("1");
+			return req.getQuery("t1","").equals("1");
 		}
 	}
 
 	public static class Test3bMatcher extends RestMatcher {
 		@Override /* RestMatcher */
 		public boolean matches(RestRequest req) {
-			return req.getQueryParameter("t2","").equals("2");
+			return req.getQuery("t2","").equals("2");
 		}
 	}
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/blob/321f6bde/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/ParamsResource.java
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diff --git a/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/ParamsResource.java b/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/ParamsResource.java
index d9424e7..0c29593 100644
--- a/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/ParamsResource.java
+++ b/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/ParamsResource.java
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ public class ParamsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="GET", path="/testParamGet/*")
 	public String testParamGet(RestRequest req, @Query("p1") String p1, @Query("p2") int p2) throws Exception {
-		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getQueryParameter("p1")+","+req.getQueryParameter("p1", String.class)+"],p2=["+p2+","+req.getQueryParameter("p2")+","+req.getQueryParameter("p2", int.class)+"]";
+		RequestQuery q = req.getQuery();
+		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getQuery("p1")+","+q.get("p1", String.class)+"],p2=["+p2+","+q.getFirst("p2")+","+q.get("p2", int.class)+"]";
 	}
 
 	//====================================================================================================
@@ -120,7 +121,8 @@ public class ParamsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="POST", path="/testParamPost/*")
 	public String testParamPost(RestRequest req, @FormData("p1") String p1, @FormData("p2") int p2) throws Exception {
-		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getFormDataParameter("p1")+","+req.getFormDataParameter("p1", String.class)+"],p2=["+p2+","+req.getFormDataParameter("p2")+","+req.getFormDataParameter("p2", int.class)+"]";
+		RequestFormData f = req.getFormData();
+		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getFormData("p1")+","+f.get("p1", String.class)+"],p2=["+p2+","+req.getFormData("p2")+","+f.get("p2", int.class)+"]";
 	}
 
 	//====================================================================================================
@@ -128,7 +130,8 @@ public class ParamsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="GET", path="/testQParamGet/*")
 	public String testQParamGet(RestRequest req, @Query("p1") String p1, @Query("p2") int p2) throws Exception {
-		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getQueryParameter("p1")+","+req.getQueryParameter("p1", String.class)+"],p2=["+p2+","+req.getQueryParameter("p2")+","+req.getQueryParameter("p2", int.class)+"]";
+		RequestQuery q = req.getQuery();
+		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getQuery("p1")+","+q.get("p1", String.class)+"],p2=["+p2+","+q.getFirst("p2")+","+q.get("p2", int.class)+"]";
 	}
 
 	//====================================================================================================
@@ -136,7 +139,8 @@ public class ParamsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="POST", path="/testQParamPost/*")
 	public String testQParamPost(RestRequest req, @Query("p1") String p1, @Query("p2") int p2) throws Exception {
-		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getQueryParameter("p1")+","+req.getQueryParameter("p1", String.class)+"],p2=["+p2+","+req.getQueryParameter("p2")+","+req.getQueryParameter("p2", int.class)+"]";
+		RequestQuery q = req.getQuery();
+		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getQuery("p1")+","+q.get("p1", String.class)+"],p2=["+p2+","+q.getFirst("p2")+","+q.get("p2", int.class)+"]";
 	}
 
 	//====================================================================================================
@@ -144,7 +148,8 @@ public class ParamsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="GET", path="/testPlainParamGet/*")
 	public String testPlainParamGet(RestRequest req, @Query(value="p1",format="PLAIN") String p1) throws Exception {
-		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getQueryParameter("p1")+","+req.getQueryParameter("p1", String.class)+"]";
+		RequestQuery q = req.getQuery();
+		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getQuery("p1")+","+q.get("p1", String.class)+"]";
 	}
 
 	//====================================================================================================
@@ -152,7 +157,8 @@ public class ParamsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="POST", path="/testPlainParamPost/*")
 	public String testPlainParamPost(RestRequest req, @FormData(value="p1",format="PLAIN") String p1) throws Exception {
-		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getFormDataParameter("p1")+","+req.getFormDataParameter("p1", String.class)+"]";
+		RequestFormData f = req.getFormData();
+		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getFormData("p1")+","+f.get("p1", String.class)+"]";
 	}
 
 	//====================================================================================================
@@ -160,7 +166,8 @@ public class ParamsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="GET", path="/testPlainQParamGet/*")
 	public String testPlainQParamGet(RestRequest req, @Query(value="p1",format="PLAIN") String p1) throws Exception {
-		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getQueryParameter("p1")+","+req.getQueryParameter("p1", String.class)+"]";
+		RequestQuery q = req.getQuery();
+		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getQuery("p1")+","+q.get("p1", String.class)+"]";
 	}
 
 	//====================================================================================================
@@ -168,7 +175,8 @@ public class ParamsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="POST", path="/testPlainQParamPost/*")
 	public String testPlainQParamPost(RestRequest req, @Query(value="p1",format="PLAIN") String p1) throws Exception {
-		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getQueryParameter("p1")+","+req.getQueryParameter("p1", String.class)+"]";
+		RequestQuery q = req.getQuery();
+		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.getQuery("p1")+","+q.get("p1", String.class)+"]";
 	}
 
 	//====================================================================================================
@@ -176,7 +184,8 @@ public class ParamsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="GET", path="/testHasParamGet/*")
 	public String testHasParamGet(RestRequest req, @HasQuery("p1") boolean p1, @HasQuery("p2") Boolean p2) throws Exception {
-		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.hasQueryParameter("p1")+"],p2=["+p2+","+req.hasQueryParameter("p2")+"]";
+		RequestQuery q = req.getQuery();
+		return "p1=["+p1+","+q.containsKey("p1")+"],p2=["+p2+","+q.containsKey("p2")+"]";
 	}
 
 	//====================================================================================================
@@ -184,7 +193,8 @@ public class ParamsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="POST", path="/testHasParamPost/*")
 	public String testHasParamPost(RestRequest req, @HasFormData("p1") boolean p1, @HasFormData("p2") Boolean p2) throws Exception {
-		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.hasFormDataParameter("p1")+"],p2=["+p2+","+req.hasFormDataParameter("p2")+"]";
+		RequestFormData f = req.getFormData();
+		return "p1=["+p1+","+f.containsKey("p1")+"],p2=["+p2+","+f.containsKey("p2")+"]";
 	}
 
 	//====================================================================================================
@@ -192,7 +202,8 @@ public class ParamsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="GET", path="/testHasQParamGet/*")
 	public String testHasQParamGet(RestRequest req, @HasQuery("p1") boolean p1, @HasQuery("p2") Boolean p2) throws Exception {
-		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.hasQueryParameter("p1")+"],p2=["+p2+","+req.hasQueryParameter("p2")+"]";
+		RequestQuery q = req.getQuery();
+		return "p1=["+p1+","+q.containsKey("p1")+"],p2=["+p2+","+q.containsKey("p2")+"]";
 	}
 
 	//====================================================================================================
@@ -200,7 +211,8 @@ public class ParamsResource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="POST", path="/testHasQParamPost/*")
 	public String testHasQParamPost_post(RestRequest req, @HasQuery("p1") boolean p1, @HasQuery("p2") Boolean p2) throws Exception {
-		return "p1=["+p1+","+req.hasQueryParameter("p1")+"],p2=["+p2+","+req.hasQueryParameter("p2")+"]";
+		RequestQuery q = req.getQuery();
+		return "p1=["+p1+","+q.containsKey("p1")+"],p2=["+p2+","+q.containsKey("p2")+"]";
 	}
 
 	//====================================================================================================

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/blob/321f6bde/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/RestClient2Resource.java
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diff --git a/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/RestClient2Resource.java b/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/RestClient2Resource.java
index 671f12c..5aa04b9 100644
--- a/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/RestClient2Resource.java
+++ b/juneau-rest-test/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/test/RestClient2Resource.java
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ public class RestClient2Resource extends RestServletDefault {
 	//====================================================================================================
 	@RestMethod(name="POST", path="/")
 	public Reader test1(RestRequest req) throws Exception {
-		return new StringReader(req.getBodyAsString());
+		return new StringReader(req.getBody().asString());
 	}
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/blob/321f6bde/juneau-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/CallMethod.java
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diff --git a/juneau-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/CallMethod.java b/juneau-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/CallMethod.java
index 6fb9a08..df39005 100644
--- a/juneau-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/CallMethod.java
+++ b/juneau-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/CallMethod.java
@@ -425,32 +425,32 @@ class CallMethod implements Comparable<CallMethod>  {
 			switch(paramType) {
 				case REQ:        return req;
 				case RES:        return res;
-				case PATH:       return req.getPathParameter(name, type);
-				case BODY:       return req.getBody(type);
-				case HEADER:     return req.getHeader(name, type);
+				case PATH:       return req.getPathParams().get(name, type);
+				case BODY:       return req.getBody().asType(type);
+				case HEADER:     return req.getHeaders().get(name, type);
 				case METHOD:     return req.getMethod();
 				case FORMDATA: {
 					if (multiPart)
-						return req.getFormDataParameters(name, type);
+						return req.getFormData().getAll(name, type);
 					if (plainParams)
-						return session.convertToType(req.getFormDataParameter(name), session.getClassMeta(type));
-					return req.getFormDataParameter(name, type);
+						return session.convertToType(req.getFormData(name), session.getClassMeta(type));
+					return req.getFormData().get(name, type);
 				}
 				case QUERY: {
 					if (multiPart)
-						return req.getQueryParameters(name, type);
+						return req.getQuery().getAll(name, type);
 					if (plainParams)
-						return session.convertToType(req.getQueryParameter(name), session.getClassMeta(type));
-					return req.getQueryParameter(name, type);
+						return session.convertToType(req.getQuery(name), session.getClassMeta(type));
+					return req.getQuery().get(name, type);
 				}
-				case HASFORMDATA:   return session.convertToType(req.hasFormDataParameter(name), session.getClassMeta(type));
-				case HASQUERY:      return session.convertToType(req.hasQueryParameter(name), session.getClassMeta(type));
+				case HASFORMDATA:   return session.convertToType(req.getFormData().containsKey(name), session.getClassMeta(type));
+				case HASQUERY:      return session.convertToType(req.getQuery().containsKey(name), session.getClassMeta(type));
 				case PATHREMAINDER: return req.getPathRemainder();
 				case PROPS:         return res.getProperties();
 				case MESSAGES:      return req.getResourceBundle();
-				case ACCEPT:        return req.getAcceptHeader();
-				case ACCEPTENCODING:return req.getAcceptEncodingHeader();
-				case CONTENTTYPE:   return req.getContentTypeHeader();
+				case ACCEPT:        return req.getHeaders().getAccept();
+				case ACCEPTENCODING:return req.getHeaders().getAcceptEncoding();
+				case CONTENTTYPE:   return req.getHeaders().getContentType();
 				default:            return null;
 			}
 		}
@@ -937,9 +937,9 @@ class CallMethod implements Comparable<CallMethod>  {
 						if ("path".equals(prefix))
 							return req.getPathParameter(remainder);
 						if ("query".equals(prefix))
-							return req.getQueryParameter(remainder);
+							return req.getQuery(remainder);
 						if ("formData".equals(prefix))
-							return req.getFormDataParameter(remainder);
+							return req.getFormData(remainder);
 						if ("header".equals(prefix))
 							return req.getHeader(remainder);
 					}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-juneau/blob/321f6bde/juneau-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/RequestBody.java
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diff --git a/juneau-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/RequestBody.java b/juneau-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/RequestBody.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b509b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/juneau-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/rest/RequestBody.java
@@ -0,0 +1,431 @@
+// ***************************************************************************************************************************
+// * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file *
+// * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file        *
+// * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance            *
+// * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at                                                              *
+// *                                                                                                                         *
+// *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                                                             *
+// *                                                                                                                         *
+// * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an  *
+// * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the        *
+// * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.                                              *
+// ***************************************************************************************************************************
+package org.apache.juneau.rest;
+
+import static javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.*;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+import javax.servlet.*;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.encoders.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.http.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.internal.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.parser.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.urlencoding.*;
+
+/**
+ * Contains the body of the HTTP request.
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+public class RequestBody {
+
+	private byte[] body;
+	private final RestRequest req;
+	private EncoderGroup encoders;
+	private Encoder encoder;
+	private ParserGroup parsers;
+	private UrlEncodingParser urlEncodingParser;
+	private RequestHeaders headers;
+	private BeanSession beanSession;
+	private int contentLength = 0;
+
+	RequestBody(RestRequest req) {
+		this.req = req;
+	}
+
+	RequestBody setEncoders(EncoderGroup encoders) {
+		this.encoders = encoders;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	RequestBody setParsers(ParserGroup parsers) {
+		this.parsers = parsers;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	RequestBody setHeaders(RequestHeaders headers) {
+		this.headers = headers;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	RequestBody setUrlEncodingParser(UrlEncodingParser urlEncodingParser) {
+		this.urlEncodingParser = urlEncodingParser;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	RequestBody setBeanSession(BeanSession beanSession) {
+		this.beanSession = beanSession;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("hiding")
+	RequestBody load(byte[] body) {
+		this.body = body;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	boolean isLoaded() {
+		return body != null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Reads the input from the HTTP request as JSON, XML, or HTML and converts the input to a POJO.
+	 * <p>
+	 * If {@code allowHeaderParams} init parameter is <jk>true</jk>, then first looks for {@code &body=xxx} in the URL 
+	 * query string.
+	 * <p>
+	 * If type is <jk>null</jk> or <code>Object.<jk>class</jk></code>, then the actual type will be determined 
+	 * automatically based on the following input:
+	 * <table class='styled'>
+	 * 	<tr><th>Type</th><th>JSON input</th><th>XML input</th><th>Return type</th></tr>
+	 * 	<tr>
+	 * 		<td>object</td>
+	 * 		<td><js>"{...}"</js></td>
+	 * 		<td><code><xt>&lt;object&gt;</xt>...<xt>&lt;/object&gt;</xt></code><br><code><xt>&lt;x</xt> <xa>type</xa>=<xs>'object'</xs><xt>&gt;</xt>...<xt>&lt;/x&gt;</xt></code></td>
+	 * 		<td>{@link ObjectMap}</td>
+	 * 	</tr>
+	 * 	<tr>
+	 * 		<td>array</td>
+	 * 		<td><js>"[...]"</js></td>
+	 * 		<td><code><xt>&lt;array&gt;</xt>...<xt>&lt;/array&gt;</xt></code><br><code><xt>&lt;x</xt> <xa>type</xa>=<xs>'array'</xs><xt>&gt;</xt>...<xt>&lt;/x&gt;</xt></code></td>
+	 * 		<td>{@link ObjectList}</td>
+	 * 	</tr>
+	 * 	<tr>
+	 * 		<td>string</td>
+	 * 		<td><js>"'...'"</js></td>
+	 * 		<td><code><xt>&lt;string&gt;</xt>...<xt>&lt;/string&gt;</xt></code><br><code><xt>&lt;x</xt> <xa>type</xa>=<xs>'string'</xs><xt>&gt;</xt>...<xt>&lt;/x&gt;</xt></code></td>
+	 * 		<td>{@link String}</td>
+	 * 	</tr>
+	 * 	<tr>
+	 * 		<td>number</td>
+	 * 		<td><code>123</code></td>
+	 * 		<td><code><xt>&lt;number&gt;</xt>123<xt>&lt;/number&gt;</xt></code><br><code><xt>&lt;x</xt> <xa>type</xa>=<xs>'number'</xs><xt>&gt;</xt>...<xt>&lt;/x&gt;</xt></code></td>
+	 * 		<td>{@link Number}</td>
+	 * 	</tr>
+	 * 	<tr>
+	 * 		<td>boolean</td>
+	 * 		<td><jk>true</jk></td>
+	 * 		<td><code><xt>&lt;boolean&gt;</xt>true<xt>&lt;/boolean&gt;</xt></code><br><code><xt>&lt;x</xt> <xa>type</xa>=<xs>'boolean'</xs><xt>&gt;</xt>...<xt>&lt;/x&gt;</xt></code></td>
+	 * 		<td>{@link Boolean}</td>
+	 * 	</tr>
+	 * 	<tr>
+	 * 		<td>null</td>
+	 * 		<td><jk>null</jk> or blank</td>
+	 * 		<td><code><xt>&lt;null/&gt;</xt></code> or blank<br><code><xt>&lt;x</xt> <xa>type</xa>=<xs>'null'</xs><xt>/&gt;</xt></code></td>
+	 * 		<td><jk>null</jk></td>
+	 * 	</tr>
+	 * </table>
+	 * <p>
+	 * Refer to <a class="doclink" href="../../../../overview-summary.html#Core.PojoCategories">POJO Categories</a> for 
+	 * a complete definition of supported POJOs.
+	 * <p>
+	 * <h5 class='section'>Examples:</h5>
+	 * <p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into an integer.</jc>
+	 * 	<jk>int</jk> body = req.getBody(<jk>int</jk>.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 *
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into an int array.</jc>
+	 * 	<jk>int</jk>[] body = req.getBody(<jk>int</jk>[].<jk>class</jk>);
+
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into a bean.</jc>
+	 * 	MyBean body = req.getBody(MyBean.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 *
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into a linked-list of objects.</jc>
+	 * 	List body = req.getBody(LinkedList.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 *
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into a map of object keys/values.</jc>
+	 * 	Map body = req.getBody(TreeMap.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 * </p>
+	 *
+	 * @param type The class type to instantiate.
+	 * @param <T> The class type to instantiate.
+	 * @return The input parsed to a POJO.
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred trying to read from the reader.
+	 * @throws ParseException If the input contains a syntax error or is malformed for the requested {@code Accept} 
+	 * header or is not valid for the specified type.
+	 */
+	public <T> T asType(Class<T> type) throws IOException, ParseException {
+		return parse(beanSession.getClassMeta(type));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Reads the input from the HTTP request as JSON, XML, or HTML and converts the input to a POJO.
+	 * <p>
+	 * <h5 class='section'>Examples:</h5>
+	 * <p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into a linked-list of strings.</jc>
+	 * 	List&lt;String&gt; body = req.getBody(LinkedList.<jk>class</jk>, String.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 *
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into a linked-list of linked-lists of strings.</jc>
+	 * 	List&lt;List&lt;String&gt;&gt; body = req.getBody(LinkedList.<jk>class</jk>, LinkedList.<jk>class</jk>, String.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 *
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into a map of string keys/values.</jc>
+	 * 	Map&lt;String,String&gt; body = req.getBody(TreeMap.<jk>class</jk>, String.<jk>class</jk>, String.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 *
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into a map containing string keys and values of lists containing beans.</jc>
+	 * 	Map&lt;String,List&lt;MyBean&gt;&gt; body = req.getBody(TreeMap.<jk>class</jk>, String.<jk>class</jk>, List.<jk>class</jk>, MyBean.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 * </p>
+	 *
+	 * @param type The type of object to create.
+	 * 	<br>Can be any of the following: {@link ClassMeta}, {@link Class}, {@link ParameterizedType}, 
+	 * 	{@link GenericArrayType}
+	 * @param args The type arguments of the class if it's a collection or map.
+	 * 	<br>Can be any of the following: {@link ClassMeta}, {@link Class}, {@link ParameterizedType}, 
+	 * 	{@link GenericArrayType}
+	 * 	<br>Ignored if the main type is not a map or collection.
+	 * @param <T> The class type to instantiate.
+	 * @return The input parsed to a POJO.
+	 */
+	public <T> T asType(Type type, Type...args) {
+		return (T)parse(beanSession.getClassMeta(type, args));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the HTTP body content as a plain string.
+	 * <p>
+	 * If {@code allowHeaderParams} init parameter is true, then first looks for {@code &body=xxx} in the URL query 
+	 * string.
+	 *
+	 * @return The incoming input from the connection as a plain string.
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred trying to read from the reader.
+	 */
+	public String asString() throws IOException {
+		if (body == null)
+			body = IOUtils.readBytes(getInputStream(), 1024);
+		return new String(body, IOUtils.UTF8);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the HTTP body content as a simple hexadecimal character string.
+	 *
+	 * @return The incoming input from the connection as a plain string.
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred trying to read from the reader.
+	 */
+	public String asHex() throws IOException {
+		if (body == null)
+			body = IOUtils.readBytes(getInputStream(), 1024);
+		return StringUtils.toHex(body);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the HTTP body content as a {@link Reader}.
+	 * <p>
+	 * If {@code allowHeaderParams} init parameter is true, then first looks for {@code &body=xxx} in the URL query 
+	 * string.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Automatically handles GZipped input streams.
+	 * @return The body contents as a reader.
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public BufferedReader getReader() throws IOException {
+		Reader r = getUnbufferedReader();
+		if (r instanceof BufferedReader)
+			return (BufferedReader)r;
+		int len = req.getContentLength();
+		int buffSize = len <= 0 ? 8192 : Math.max(len, 8192);
+		return new BufferedReader(r, buffSize);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Same as {@link #getReader()}, but doesn't encapsulate the result in a {@link BufferedReader};
+	 *
+	 * @return An unbuffered reader.
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	protected Reader getUnbufferedReader() throws IOException {
+		if (body != null)
+			return new CharSequenceReader(new String(body, IOUtils.UTF8));
+		return new InputStreamReader(getInputStream(), req.getCharacterEncoding());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the HTTP body content as an {@link InputStream}.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Automatically handles GZipped input streams.
+	 *
+	 * @return The negotiated input stream.
+	 * @throws IOException If any error occurred while trying to get the input stream or wrap it
+	 * 	in the GZIP wrapper.
+	 */
+	public ServletInputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
+
+		if (body != null)
+			return new ServletInputStream2(body);
+
+		Encoder enc = getEncoder();
+
+		ServletInputStream is = req.getRawInputStream();
+		if (enc != null) {
+			final InputStream is2 = enc.getInputStream(is);
+			return new ServletInputStream2(is2);
+		}
+		return is;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the parser and media type matching the request <code>Content-Type</code> header.
+	 *
+	 * @return The parser matching the request <code>Content-Type</code> header, or <jk>null</jk>
+	 * 	if no matching parser was found.
+	 * Includes the matching media type.
+	 */
+	public ParserMatch getParserMatch() {
+		MediaType mediaType = headers.getContentType();
+		if (mediaType == null) {
+			if (body != null)
+				mediaType = MediaType.UON;
+			else
+				mediaType = MediaType.JSON;
+		}
+		ParserMatch pm = parsers.getParserMatch(mediaType);
+
+		// If no patching parser for URL-encoding, use the one defined on the servlet.
+		if (pm == null && mediaType.equals(MediaType.URLENCODING))
+			pm = new ParserMatch(MediaType.URLENCODING, urlEncodingParser);
+
+		return pm;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the parser matching the request <code>Content-Type</code> header.
+	 *
+	 * @return The parser matching the request <code>Content-Type</code> header, or <jk>null</jk>
+	 * 	if no matching parser was found.
+	 */
+	public Parser getParser() {
+		ParserMatch pm = getParserMatch();
+		return (pm == null ? null : pm.getParser());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the reader parser matching the request <code>Content-Type</code> header.
+	 *
+	 * @return The reader parser matching the request <code>Content-Type</code> header, or <jk>null</jk>
+	 * 	if no matching reader parser was found, or the matching parser was an input stream parser.
+	 */
+	public ReaderParser getReaderParser() {
+		Parser p = getParser();
+		if (p != null && p.isReaderParser())
+			return (ReaderParser)p;
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/* Workhorse method */
+	private <T> T parse(ClassMeta<T> cm) throws RestException {
+
+		try {
+			if (cm.isReader())
+				return (T)getReader();
+
+			if (cm.isInputStream())
+				return (T)getInputStream();
+
+			TimeZone timeZone = headers.getTimeZone();
+			Locale locale = req.getLocale();
+			ParserMatch pm = getParserMatch();
+
+			if (pm != null) {
+				Parser p = pm.getParser();
+				MediaType mediaType = pm.getMediaType();
+				try {
+					req.getProperties().append("mediaType", mediaType).append("characterEncoding", req.getCharacterEncoding());
+					if (! p.isReaderParser()) {
+						InputStreamParser p2 = (InputStreamParser)p;
+						ParserSession session = p2.createSession(getInputStream(), req.getProperties(), req.getJavaMethod(), req.getContext().getResource(), locale, timeZone, mediaType);
+						return p2.parseSession(session, cm);
+					}
+					ReaderParser p2 = (ReaderParser)p;
+					ParserSession session = p2.createSession(getUnbufferedReader(), req.getProperties(), req.getJavaMethod(), req.getContext().getResource(), locale, timeZone, mediaType);
+					return p2.parseSession(session, cm);
+				} catch (ParseException e) {
+					throw new RestException(SC_BAD_REQUEST,
+						"Could not convert request body content to class type ''{0}'' using parser ''{1}''.",
+						cm, p.getClass().getName()
+					).initCause(e);
+				}
+			}
+
+			throw new RestException(SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE,
+				"Unsupported media-type in request header ''Content-Type'': ''{0}''\n\tSupported media-types: {1}",
+				headers.getContentType(), req.getParserGroup().getSupportedMediaTypes()
+			);
+
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new RestException(SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+				"I/O exception occurred while attempting to handle request ''{0}''.",
+				req.getDescription()
+			).initCause(e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private Encoder getEncoder() {
+		if (encoder == null) {
+			String ce = req.getHeader("content-encoding");
+			if (! (ce == null || ce.isEmpty())) {
+				ce = ce.trim();
+				encoder = encoders.getEncoder(ce);
+				if (encoder == null)
+					throw new RestException(SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE,
+						"Unsupported encoding in request header ''Content-Encoding'': ''{0}''\n\tSupported codings: {1}",
+						req.getHeader("content-encoding"), encoders.getSupportedEncodings()
+					);
+			}
+
+			if (encoder != null)
+				contentLength = -1;
+		}
+		// Note that if this is the identity encoder, we want to return null
+		// so that we don't needlessly wrap the input stream.
+		if (encoder == IdentityEncoder.INSTANCE)
+			return null;
+		return encoder;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the content length of the body.
+	 * @return The content length of the body in bytes.
+	 */
+	public int getContentLength() {
+		return contentLength == 0 ? req.getRawContentLength() : contentLength;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * ServletInputStream wrapper around a normal input stream.
+	 */
+	private static class ServletInputStream2 extends ServletInputStream {
+
+		private final InputStream is;
+
+		private ServletInputStream2(InputStream is) {
+			this.is = is;
+		}
+
+		private ServletInputStream2(byte[] b) {
+			this(new ByteArrayInputStream(b));
+		}
+
+		@Override /* InputStream */
+		public final int read() throws IOException {
+			return is.read();
+		}
+
+		@Override /* InputStream */
+		public final void close() throws IOException {
+			is.close();
+		}
+	}
+}

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+// ***************************************************************************************************************************
+// * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file *
+// * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file        *
+// * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance            *
+// * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at                                                              *
+// *                                                                                                                         *
+// *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                                                             *
+// *                                                                                                                         *
+// * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an  *
+// * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the        *
+// * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.                                              *
+// ***************************************************************************************************************************
+package org.apache.juneau.rest;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.internal.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.parser.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.urlencoding.*;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the parsed form data parameters in an HTTP request.
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+public class RequestFormData extends LinkedHashMap<String,String[]> {
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+	private UrlEncodingParser parser;
+	private BeanSession beanSession;
+
+	RequestFormData setParser(UrlEncodingParser parser) {
+		this.parser = parser;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	RequestFormData setBeanSession(BeanSession beanSession) {
+		this.beanSession = beanSession;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets a request form data parameter value.
+	 *
+	 * @param name The parameter name.
+	 * @param value The parameter value.
+	 */
+	public void put(String name, Object value) {
+		super.put(name, new String[]{StringUtils.toString(value)});
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a form data parameter value.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Parameter lookup is case-insensitive (consistent with WAS, but differs from Tomcat).
+	 * <p>
+	 * <h5 class='section'>Notes:</h5>
+	 * <ul>
+	 * 	<li>Calling this method on URL-Encoded FORM posts causes the body content to be loaded and parsed by the underlying servlet API.
+	 * 	<li>This method returns the raw unparsed value, and differs from calling <code>getFormDataParameter(name, String.<jk>class</js>)</code>
+	 * 		which will convert the value from UON notation:
+	 * 		<ul>
+	 * 			<li><js>"null"</js> =&gt; <jk>null</jk>
+	 * 			<li><js>"'null'"</js> =&gt; <js>"null"</js>
+	 * 			<li><js>"'foo bar'"</js> =&gt; <js>"foo bar"</js>
+	 * 			<li><js>"foo~~bar"</js> =&gt; <js>"foo~bar"</js>
+	 * 		</ul>
+	 * </ul>
+	 *
+	 * @param name The form data parameter name.
+	 * @return The parameter value, or <jk>null</jk> if parameter does not exist.
+	 */
+	public String getFirst(String name) {
+		String[] v = get(name);
+		if (v == null || v.length == 0)
+			return null;
+		if (v.length == 1 && v[0] != null && v[0].isEmpty()) {
+			// Fix for behavior difference between Tomcat and WAS.
+			// getParameter("foo") on "&foo" in Tomcat returns "".
+			// getParameter("foo") on "&foo" in WAS returns null.
+			if (containsKey(name))
+				return null;
+		}
+		return v[0];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Same as {@link #getFirst(String)} except returns a default value if <jk>null</jk> or empty.
+	 *
+	 * @param name The form data parameter name.
+	 * @param def The default value.
+	 * @return The parameter value, or the default value if <jk>null</jk> or empty.
+	 */
+	public String getFirst(String name, String def) {
+		String val = getFirst(name);
+		if (val == null || val.isEmpty())
+			return def;
+		return val;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the specified form data parameter value converted to a POJO using the
+	 * 	{@link UrlEncodingParser} registered with this servlet.
+	 * <p>
+	 * <h5 class='section'>Examples:</h5>
+	 * <p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into an integer.</jc>
+	 * 	<jk>int</jk> myparam = req.getFormDataParameter(<js>"myparam"</js>, <jk>int</jk>.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 *
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into an int array.</jc>
+	 * 	<jk>int</jk>[] myparam = req.getFormDataParameter(<js>"myparam"</js>, <jk>int</jk>[].<jk>class</jk>);
+
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into a bean.</jc>
+	 * 	MyBean myparam = req.getFormDataParameter(<js>"myparam"</js>, MyBean.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 *
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into a linked-list of objects.</jc>
+	 * 	List myparam = req.getFormDataParameter(<js>"myparam"</js>, LinkedList.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 *
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into a map of object keys/values.</jc>
+	 * 	Map myparam = req.getFormDataParameter(<js>"myparam"</js>, TreeMap.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 * </p>
+	 * <p>
+	 * <h5 class='section'>Notes:</h5>
+	 * <ul>
+	 * 	<li>Calling this method on URL-Encoded FORM posts causes the body content to be loaded and parsed by the underlying servlet API.
+	 * </ul>
+	 *
+	 * @param name The parameter name.
+	 * @param type The class type to convert the parameter value to.
+	 * @param <T> The class type to convert the parameter value to.
+	 * @return The parameter value converted to the specified class type.
+	 * @throws ParseException
+	 */
+	public <T> T get(String name, Class<T> type) throws ParseException {
+		return parse(name, beanSession.getClassMeta(type));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Same as {@link #get(String, Class)} except returns a default value if not specified.
+	 *
+	 * @param name The parameter name.
+	 * @param def The default value if the parameter was not specified or is <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @param type The class type to convert the parameter value to.
+	 * @param <T> The class type to convert the parameter value to.
+	 * @return The parameter value converted to the specified class type.
+	 * @throws ParseException
+	 */
+	public <T> T get(String name, T def, Class<T> type) throws ParseException {
+		return parse(name, def, beanSession.getClassMeta(type));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Same as {@link #get(String, Class)} except for use on multi-part parameters
+	 * 	(e.g. <js>"key=1&amp;key=2&amp;key=3"</js> instead of <js>"key=(1,2,3)"</js>)
+	 * <p>
+	 * This method must only be called when parsing into classes of type Collection or array.
+	 *
+	 * @param name The parameter name.
+	 * @param type The class type to convert the parameter value to.
+	 * @return The parameter value converted to the specified class type.
+	 * @throws ParseException
+	 */
+	public <T> T getAll(String name, Class<T> type) throws ParseException {
+		return parseAll(name, beanSession.getClassMeta(type));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the specified form data parameter value converted to a POJO using the
+	 * 	{@link UrlEncodingParser} registered with this servlet.
+	 * <p>
+	 * <h5 class='section'>Notes:</h5>
+	 * <ul>
+	 * 	<li>Calling this method on URL-Encoded FORM posts causes the body content to be loaded and parsed by the underlying servlet API.
+	 * 	<li>Use this method if you want to parse into a parameterized <code>Map</code>/<code>Collection</code> object.
+	 * </ul>
+	 * <p>
+	 * <h5 class='section'>Examples:</h5>
+	 * <p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into a linked-list of strings.</jc>
+	 * 	List&lt;String&gt; myparam = req.getFormDataParameter(<js>"myparam"</js>, LinkedList.<jk>class</jk>, String.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 *
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into a linked-list of linked-lists of strings.</jc>
+	 * 	List&lt;List&lt;String&gt;&gt; myparam = req.getFormDataParameter(<js>"myparam"</js>, LinkedList.<jk>class</jk>, LinkedList.<jk>class</jk>, String.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 *
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into a map of string keys/values.</jc>
+	 * 	Map&lt;String,String&gt; myparam = req.getFormDataParameter(<js>"myparam"</js>, TreeMap.<jk>class</jk>, String.<jk>class</jk>, String.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 *
+	 * 	<jc>// Parse into a map containing string keys and values of lists containing beans.</jc>
+	 * 	Map&lt;String,List&lt;MyBean&gt;&gt; myparam = req.getFormDataParameter(<js>"myparam"</js>, TreeMap.<jk>class</jk>, String.<jk>class</jk>, List.<jk>class</jk>, MyBean.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 * </p>
+	 *
+	 * @param name The parameter name.
+	 * @param type The type of object to create.
+	 * 	<br>Can be any of the following: {@link ClassMeta}, {@link Class}, {@link ParameterizedType}, {@link GenericArrayType}
+	 * @param args The type arguments of the class if it's a collection or map.
+	 * 	<br>Can be any of the following: {@link ClassMeta}, {@link Class}, {@link ParameterizedType}, {@link GenericArrayType}
+	 * 	<br>Ignored if the main type is not a map or collection.
+	 * @return The parameter value converted to the specified class type.
+	 * @throws ParseException
+	 */
+	public <T> T get(String name, Type type, Type...args) throws ParseException {
+		return (T)parse(name, beanSession.getClassMeta(type, args));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Same as {@link #get(String, Type, Type...)} except for use on multi-part parameters
+	 * 	(e.g. <js>"key=1&amp;key=2&amp;key=3"</js> instead of <js>"key=(1,2,3)"</js>)
+	 * <p>
+	 * This method must only be called when parsing into classes of type Collection or array.
+	 *
+	 * @param name The parameter name.
+	 * @param type The type of object to create.
+	 * 	<br>Can be any of the following: {@link ClassMeta}, {@link Class}, {@link ParameterizedType}, {@link GenericArrayType}
+	 * @param args The type arguments of the class if it's a collection or map.
+	 * 	<br>Can be any of the following: {@link ClassMeta}, {@link Class}, {@link ParameterizedType}, {@link GenericArrayType}
+	 * 	<br>Ignored if the main type is not a map or collection.
+	 * @return The parameter value converted to the specified class type.
+	 * @throws ParseException
+	 */
+	public <T> T getAll(String name, Type type, Type...args) throws ParseException {
+		return (T)parseAll(name, beanSession.getClassMeta(type, args));
+	}
+
+	/* Workhorse method */
+	<T> T parse(String name, T def, ClassMeta<T> cm) throws ParseException {
+		String val = getFirst(name);
+		if (val == null)
+			return def;
+		return parseValue(val, cm);
+	}
+
+	/* Workhorse method */
+	<T> T parse(String name, ClassMeta<T> cm) throws ParseException {
+		String val = getFirst(name);
+		if (cm.isPrimitive() && (val == null || val.isEmpty()))
+			return cm.getPrimitiveDefault();
+		return parseValue(val, cm);
+	}
+
+	/* Workhorse method */
+	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+	<T> T parseAll(String name, ClassMeta<T> cm) throws ParseException {
+		String[] p = get(name);
+		if (p == null)
+			return null;
+		if (cm.isArray()) {
+			List c = new ArrayList();
+			for (int i = 0; i < p.length; i++)
+				c.add(parseValue(p[i], cm.getElementType()));
+			return (T)ArrayUtils.toArray(c, cm.getElementType().getInnerClass());
+		} else if (cm.isCollection()) {
+			try {
+				Collection c = (Collection)(cm.canCreateNewInstance() ? cm.newInstance() : new ObjectList());
+				for (int i = 0; i < p.length; i++)
+					c.add(parseValue(p[i], cm.getElementType()));
+				return (T)c;
+			} catch (ParseException e) {
+				throw e;
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				// Typically an instantiation exception.
+				throw new ParseException(e);
+			}
+		}
+		throw new ParseException("Invalid call to getParameters(String, ClassMeta).  Class type must be a Collection or array.");
+	}
+
+	private <T> T parseValue(String val, ClassMeta<T> c) throws ParseException {
+		return parser.parsePart(val, c);
+	}
+}