# FileUpload.java

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    package org.apache.commons.fileupload;

    /**
     * <p>High level API for processing file uploads.</p>
     *
     * <p>This class handles multiple files per single HTML widget, sent using
     * <code>multipart/mixed</code> encoding type, as specified by
     * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1867.txt">RFC 1867</a>.  Use {@link
     * #parseRequest(RequestContext)} to acquire a list
     * of {@link org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileItem FileItems} associated
     * with a given HTML widget.</p>
     *
     * <p>How the data for individual parts is stored is determined by the factory
     * used to create them; a given part may be in memory, on disk, or somewhere
     * else.</p>
     */
    public class FileUpload
        extends FileUploadBase {

        // ----------------------------------------------------------- Data members

        /**
         * The factory to use to create new form items.
         */
        private FileItemFactory fileItemFactory;

        // ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors

        /**
         * Constructs an uninitialised instance of this class.
         *
         * A factory must be
         * configured, using <code>setFileItemFactory()</code>, before attempting
         * to parse requests.
         *
         * @see #FileUpload(FileItemFactory)
         */
        public FileUpload() {
            super();
        }

        /**
         * Constructs an instance of this class which uses the supplied factory to
         * create <code>FileItem</code> instances.
         *
         * @see #FileUpload()
         * @param fileItemFactory The factory to use for creating file items.
         */
        public FileUpload(FileItemFactory fileItemFactory) {
            super();
            this.fileItemFactory = fileItemFactory;
        }

        // ----------------------------------------------------- Property accessors

        /**
         * Returns the factory class used when creating file items.
         *
         * @return The factory class for new file items.
         */
        @Override
        public FileItemFactory getFileItemFactory() {
            return fileItemFactory;
        }

        /**
         * Sets the factory class to use when creating file items.
         *
         * @param factory The factory class for new file items.
         */
        @Override
        public void setFileItemFactory(FileItemFactory factory) {
            this.fileItemFactory = factory;
        }

    }