File: IFormCollection.cs
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Project: src\src\Http\Http.Features\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features.csproj (Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features)
// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
using Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives;
 
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 
/// <summary>
/// Represents the parsed form values sent with the HttpRequest.
/// </summary>
public interface IFormCollection : IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, StringValues>>
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     Gets the number of elements contained in the <see cref="IFormCollection" />.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>
    ///     The number of elements contained in the <see cref="IFormCollection" />.
    /// </returns>
    int Count { get; }
 
    /// <summary>
    ///     Gets an <see cref="ICollection{T}" /> containing the keys of the
    ///     <see cref="IFormCollection" />.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>
    ///     An <see cref="ICollection{T}" /> containing the keys of the object
    ///     that implements <see cref="IFormCollection" />.
    /// </returns>
    ICollection<string> Keys { get; }
 
    /// <summary>
    ///     Determines whether the <see cref="IFormCollection" /> contains an element
    ///     with the specified key.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="key">
    /// The key to locate in the <see cref="IFormCollection" />.
    /// </param>
    /// <returns>
    ///     true if the <see cref="IFormCollection" /> contains an element with
    ///     the key; otherwise, false.
    /// </returns>
    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">
    ///     key is null.
    /// </exception>
    bool ContainsKey(string key);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///    Gets the value associated with the specified key.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="key">
    ///     The key of the value to get.
    /// </param>
    /// <param name="value">
    ///     The key of the value to get.
    ///     When this method returns, the value associated with the specified key, if the
    ///     key is found; otherwise, the default value for the type of the value parameter.
    ///     This parameter is passed uninitialized.
    /// </param>
    /// <returns>
    ///    true if the object that implements <see cref="IFormCollection" /> contains
    ///     an element with the specified key; otherwise, false.
    /// </returns>
    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">
    ///     key is null.
    /// </exception>
    bool TryGetValue(string key, out StringValues value);
 
    /// <summary>
    ///     Gets the value with the specified key.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="key">
    ///     The key of the value to get.
    /// </param>
    /// <returns>
    ///     The element with the specified key, or <c>StringValues.Empty</c> if the key is not present.
    /// </returns>
    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">
    ///     key is null.
    /// </exception>
    /// <exception cref="System.InvalidOperationException">
    ///     incorrect content-type.
    /// </exception>
    /// <remarks>
    ///     <para>
    ///     <see cref="IFormCollection" /> has a different indexer contract than
    ///     <see cref="IDictionary{TKey, TValue}" />, as it will return <c>StringValues.Empty</c> for missing entries
    ///     rather than throwing an Exception.
    ///     </para>
    ///     <para>
    ///     This indexer can only be used on POST requests. Otherwise an exception of type
    ///     <see cref="System.InvalidOperationException" /> is thrown.
    ///     </para>
    ///     <para>
    ///     Invoking this property could result in thread exhaustion since it's wrapping an asynchronous implementation.
    ///     The <c>HttpRequest.ReadFormAsync(CancellationToken)</c> method can get the form without blocking.
    ///     For more information, see <see href="https://aka.ms/aspnet/forms-async" />.
    ///     </para>
    /// </remarks>
    StringValues this[string key] { get; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// The file collection sent with the request.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>The files included with the request.</returns>
    IFormFileCollection Files { get; }
}