Added code contributed by BJ Hargrave to begin a Servlet 2.1 API bundle (FELIX-40).

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+/*
+ * Copyright 1999,2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */ 
+
+package javax.servlet;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * Provides an input stream for reading binary data from a client
+ * request, including an efficient <code>readLine</code> method
+ * for reading data one line at a time. With some protocols, such
+ * as HTTP POST and PUT, a <code>ServletInputStream</code>
+ * object can be used to read data sent from the client.
+ *
+ * <p>A <code>ServletInputStream</code> object is normally retrieved via
+ * the {@link ServletRequest#getInputStream} method.
+ *
+ *
+ * <p>This is an abstract class that a servlet container implements.
+ * Subclasses of this class
+ * must implement the <code>java.io.InputStream.read()</code> method.
+ *
+ *
+ * @author 	Various
+ * @version 	$Version$
+ *
+ * @see		ServletRequest 
+ *
+ */
+
+public abstract class ServletInputStream extends InputStream {
+
+
+
+    /**
+     * Does nothing, because this is an abstract class.
+     *
+     */
+
+    protected ServletInputStream() { }
+
+  
+  
+    
+    /**
+     *
+     * Reads the input stream, one line at a time. Starting at an
+     * offset, reads bytes into an array, until it reads a certain number
+     * of bytes or reaches a newline character, which it reads into the
+     * array as well.
+     *
+     * <p>This method returns -1 if it reaches the end of the input
+     * stream before reading the maximum number of bytes.
+     *
+     *
+     *
+     * @param b 		an array of bytes into which data is read
+     *
+     * @param off 		an integer specifying the character at which
+     *				this method begins reading
+     *
+     * @param len		an integer specifying the maximum number of 
+     *				bytes to read
+     *
+     * @return			an integer specifying the actual number of bytes 
+     *				read, or -1 if the end of the stream is reached
+     *
+     * @exception IOException	if an input or output exception has occurred
+     *
+     */
+     
+    public int readLine(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException {
+
+	if (len <= 0) {
+	    return 0;
+	}
+	int count = 0, c;
+
+	while ((c = read()) != -1) {
+	    b[off++] = (byte)c;
+	    count++;
+	    if (c == '\n' || count == len) {
+		break;
+	    }
+	}
+	return count > 0 ? count : -1;
+    }
+}
+
+
+