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014    
015    package org.apache.tapestry.multipart;
016    
017    import org.apache.tapestry.request.IUploadFile;
018    
019    /**
020     * Responsible for detecting and processing file upload requests, using Jakarta
021     * Commons FileUpload. Implementations of this service typically use the
022     * threaded service lifecycle model.
023     * 
024     * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship
025     * @since 4.0
026     */
027    public interface MultipartDecoder
028    {
029    
030        /**
031         * Gets a file upload with the given name, or returns null if no such file
032         * upload was in the request.
033         */
034    
035        IUploadFile getFileUpload(String parameterName);
036    
037        /**
038         * Cleans up any temporary resources created during the request processing.
039         * This typically includes temporary files used to contain uploaded file
040         * content.
041         */
042    
043        void cleanup();
044    }