# HG changeset patch
# User paulb
# Date 1193520904 0
# Node ID 4b9e1577bc13815ebdf3dc017eb9f420eb0e8f26
# Parent  4b8a1d2220b151ab5596c17cb68a6fdc90add6c6
[project @ 2007-10-27 21:35:04 by paulb]
Added a reset method to the FileContent class.

diff -r 4b8a1d2220b1 -r 4b9e1577bc13 WebStack/Helpers/Request.py
--- a/WebStack/Helpers/Request.py	Sat Oct 27 21:34:37 2007 +0000
+++ b/WebStack/Helpers/Request.py	Sat Oct 27 21:35:04 2007 +0000
@@ -195,17 +195,44 @@
         self.cache = None
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
+
+        """
+        Provides a property value when 'name' is specified as "content".
+        """
+
         if name != "content":
             raise AttributeError, name
+
         if self.cache is not None:
             return self.cache
-        if hasattr(self.stream, "seek"):
-            self.stream.seek(0)
+
+        if self.reset():
             return self.stream.read()
         else:
             self.cache = self.stream.read()
             return self.cache
 
+    def reset(self):
+
+        "Reset the stream providing the data, returning whether this succeeded."
+
+        # Python file objects.
+
+        if hasattr(self.stream, "seek"):
+            self.stream.seek(0)
+            return 1
+
+        # Java input streams.
+
+        elif hasattr(self.stream, "reset"):
+            self.stream.reset()
+            return 1
+
+        # Other streams.
+
+        else:
+            return 0
+
     def __str__(self):
         return self.content