org.apache.commons.fileupload.disk

## Class DiskFileItemFactory

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.commons.fileupload.disk.DiskFileItemFactory

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    FileItemFactory
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    DefaultFileItemFactory

      public class DiskFileItemFactory
      extends Object
      implements FileItemFactory

  The default `FileItemFactory` implementation. This implementation creates `FileItem` instances which keep their content either in memory, for smaller items, or in a temporary file on disk, for larger items. The size threshold, above which content will be stored on disk, is configurable, as is the directory in which temporary files will be created.

  If not otherwise configured, the default configuration values are as follows:

  - Size threshold is 10KB.
  - Repository is the system default temp directory, as returned by `System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")`.

  NOTE: Files are created in the system default temp directory with predictable names. This means that a local attacker with write access to that directory can perform a TOUTOC attack to replace any uploaded file with a file of the attackers choice. The implications of this will depend on how the uploaded file is used but could be significant. When using this implementation in an environment with local, untrusted users, `setRepository(File)` MUST be used to configure a repository location that is not publicly writable. In a Servlet container the location identified by the ServletContext attribute `javax.servlet.context.tempdir` may be used.

  Temporary files, which are created for file items, should be deleted later on. The best way to do this is using a `FileCleaningTracker`, which you can set on the `DiskFileItemFactory`. However, if you do use such a tracker, then you must consider the following: Temporary files are automatically deleted as soon as they are no longer needed. (More precisely, when the corresponding instance of `File` is garbage collected.) This is done by the so-called reaper thread, which is started and stopped automatically by the `FileCleaningTracker` when there are files to be tracked. It might make sense to terminate that thread, for example, if your web application ends. See the section on "Resource cleanup" in the users guide of commons-fileupload.

  Since:
    FileUpload 1.1

- - ### Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type | Field and Description
    --- | ---
    `static int` | `DEFAULT_SIZE_THRESHOLD` The default threshold above which uploads will be stored on disk.

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `DiskFileItemFactory()` Constructs an unconfigured instance of this class.
    `DiskFileItemFactory(int sizeThreshold, File repository)` Constructs a preconfigured instance of this class.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `FileItem` | `createItem(String fieldName, String contentType, boolean isFormField, String fileName)` Create a new `DiskFileItem` instance from the supplied parameters and the local factory configuration.
    `org.apache.commons.io.FileCleaningTracker` | `getFileCleaningTracker()` Returns the tracker, which is responsible for deleting temporary files.
    `File` | `getRepository()` Returns the directory used to temporarily store files that are larger than the configured size threshold.
    `int` | `getSizeThreshold()` Returns the size threshold beyond which files are written directly to disk.
    `void` | `setFileCleaningTracker(org.apache.commons.io.FileCleaningTracker pTracker)` Sets the tracker, which is responsible for deleting temporary files.
    `void` | `setRepository(File repository)` Sets the directory used to temporarily store files that are larger than the configured size threshold.
    `void` | `setSizeThreshold(int sizeThreshold)` Sets the size threshold beyond which files are written directly to disk.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Field Detail

    - #### DEFAULT_SIZE_THRESHOLD

          public static final int DEFAULT_SIZE_THRESHOLD

      The default threshold above which uploads will be stored on disk.
      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

  - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### DiskFileItemFactory

          public DiskFileItemFactory()

      Constructs an unconfigured instance of this class. The resulting factory may be configured by calling the appropriate setter methods.

    - #### DiskFileItemFactory

          public DiskFileItemFactory(int sizeThreshold,
                                     File repository)

      Constructs a preconfigured instance of this class.
      Parameters:
        `sizeThreshold` - The threshold, in bytes, below which items will be retained in memory and above which they will be stored as a file.
        `repository` - The data repository, which is the directory in which files will be created, should the item size exceed the threshold.

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getRepository

          public File getRepository()

      Returns the directory used to temporarily store files that are larger than the configured size threshold.
      Returns:
        The directory in which temporary files will be located.
      See Also:
        `setRepository(java.io.File)`

    - #### setRepository

          public void setRepository(File repository)

      Sets the directory used to temporarily store files that are larger than the configured size threshold.
      Parameters:
        `repository` - The directory in which temporary files will be located.
      See Also:
        `getRepository()`

    - #### getSizeThreshold

          public int getSizeThreshold()

      Returns the size threshold beyond which files are written directly to disk. The default value is 10240 bytes.
      Returns:
        The size threshold, in bytes.
      See Also:
        `setSizeThreshold(int)`

    - #### setSizeThreshold

          public void setSizeThreshold(int sizeThreshold)

      Sets the size threshold beyond which files are written directly to disk.
      Parameters:
        `sizeThreshold` - The size threshold, in bytes.
      See Also:
        `getSizeThreshold()`

    - #### createItem

          public FileItem createItem(String fieldName,
                                     String contentType,
                                     boolean isFormField,
                                     String fileName)

      Create a new `DiskFileItem` instance from the supplied parameters and the local factory configuration.
      Specified by:
        `createItem` in interface `FileItemFactory`
      Parameters:
        `fieldName` - The name of the form field.
        `contentType` - The content type of the form field.
        `isFormField` - `true` if this is a plain form field; `false` otherwise.
        `fileName` - The name of the uploaded file, if any, as supplied by the browser or other client.
      Returns:
        The newly created file item.

    - #### getFileCleaningTracker

          public org.apache.commons.io.FileCleaningTracker getFileCleaningTracker()

      Returns the tracker, which is responsible for deleting temporary files.
      Returns:
        An instance of `FileCleaningTracker`, or null (default), if temporary files aren't tracked.

    - #### setFileCleaningTracker

          public void setFileCleaningTracker(org.apache.commons.io.FileCleaningTracker pTracker)

      Sets the tracker, which is responsible for deleting temporary files.
      Parameters:
        `pTracker` - An instance of `FileCleaningTracker`, which will from now on track the created files, or null (default), to disable tracking.

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