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diff --git a/simple/simple-http/src/main/java/org/simpleframework/http/RequestHeader.java b/simple/simple-http/src/main/java/org/simpleframework/http/RequestHeader.java new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d1ca7d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/simple/simple-http/src/main/java/org/simpleframework/http/RequestHeader.java @@ -0,0 +1,201 @@ +/* + * RequestHeader.java February 2001 + * + * Copyright (C) 2001, Niall Gallagher <niallg@users.sf.net> + * + * 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 org.simpleframework.http; + +import java.util.List; +import java.util.Locale; + +/** + * This is a <code>Header</code> object that is used to represent a + * basic form for the HTTP request message. This is used to extract + * values such as the request line and header values from the request + * message. Access to header values is done case insensitively. + * <p> + * As well as providing the header values and request line values + * this will also provide convenience methods which enable the user + * to determine the length of the body this message header prefixes. + * + * @author Niall Gallagher + */ +public interface RequestHeader extends RequestLine { + + /** + * This method is used to get a <code>List</code> of the names + * for the headers. This will provide the original names for the + * HTTP headers for the message. Modifications to the provided + * list will not affect the header, the list is a simple copy. + * + * @return this returns a list of the names within the header + */ + List<String> getNames(); + + /** + * This can be used to get the integer of the first message header + * that has the specified name. This is a convenience method that + * avoids having to deal with parsing the value of the requested + * HTTP message header. This returns -1 if theres no HTTP header + * value for the specified name. + * + * @param name the HTTP message header to get the value from + * + * @return this returns the date as a long from the header value + */ + int getInteger(String name); + + /** + * This can be used to get the date of the first message header + * that has the specified name. This is a convenience method that + * avoids having to deal with parsing the value of the requested + * HTTP message header. This returns -1 if theres no HTTP header + * value for the specified name. + * + * @param name the HTTP message header to get the value from + * + * @return this returns the date as a long from the header value + */ + long getDate(String name); + + /** + * This is used to acquire a cookie using the name of that cookie. + * If the cookie exists within the HTTP header then it is returned + * as a <code>Cookie</code> object. Otherwise this method will + * return null. Each cookie object will contain the name, value + * and path of the cookie as well as the optional domain part. + * + * @param name this is the name of the cookie object to acquire + * + * @return this returns a cookie object from the header or null + */ + Cookie getCookie(String name); + + /** + * This is used to acquire all cookies that were sent in the header. + * If any cookies exists within the HTTP header they are returned + * as <code>Cookie</code> objects. Otherwise this method will an + * empty list. Each cookie object will contain the name, value and + * path of the cookie as well as the optional domain part. + * + * @return this returns all cookie objects from the HTTP header + */ + List<Cookie> getCookies(); + + /** + * This can be used to get the value of the first message header + * that has the specified name. The value provided from this will + * be trimmed so there is no need to modify the value, also if + * the header name specified refers to a comma separated list of + * values the value returned is the first value in that list. + * This returns null if theres no HTTP message header. + * + * @param name the HTTP message header to get the value from + * + * @return this returns the value that the HTTP message header + */ + String getValue(String name); + + /** + * This can be used to get the value of the first message header + * that has the specified name. The value provided from this will + * be trimmed so there is no need to modify the value, also if + * the header name specified refers to a comma separated list of + * values the value returned is the first value in that list. + * This returns null if theres no HTTP message header. + * + * @param name the HTTP message header to get the value from + * @param index if there are multiple values this selects one + * + * @return this returns the value that the HTTP message header + */ + String getValue(String name, int index); + + /** + * This can be used to get the values of HTTP message headers + * that have the specified name. This is a convenience method that + * will present that values as tokens extracted from the header. + * This has obvious performance benefits as it avoids having to + * deal with <code>substring</code> and <code>trim</code> calls. + * <p> + * The tokens returned by this method are ordered according to + * there HTTP quality values, or "q" values, see RFC 2616 section + * 3.9. This also strips out the quality parameter from tokens + * returned. So "image/html; q=0.9" results in "image/html". If + * there are no "q" values present then order is by appearance. + * <p> + * The result from this is either the trimmed header value, that + * is, the header value with no leading or trailing whitespace + * or an array of trimmed tokens ordered with the most preferred + * in the lower indexes, so index 0 is has highest preference. + * + * @param name the name of the headers that are to be retrieved + * + * @return ordered array of tokens extracted from the header(s) + */ + List<String> getValues(String name); + + /** + * This is used to acquire the locales from the request header. The + * locales are provided in the <code>Accept-Language</code> header. + * This provides an indication as to the languages that the client + * accepts. It provides the locales in preference order. + * + * @return this returns the locales preferred by the client + */ + List<Locale> getLocales(); + + /** + * This is a convenience method that can be used to determine the + * content type of the message body. This will determine whether + * there is a <code>Content-Type</code> header, if there is then + * this will parse that header and represent it as a typed object + * which will expose the various parts of the HTTP header. + * + * @return this returns the content type value if it exists + */ + ContentType getContentType(); + + /** + * This is a convenience method that can be used to determine + * the length of the message body. This will determine if there + * is a <code>Content-Length</code> header, if it does then the + * length can be determined, if not then this returns -1. + * + * @return the content length, or -1 if it cannot be determined + */ + long getContentLength(); + + /** + * This method returns a <code>CharSequence</code> holding the header + * consumed for the request. A character sequence is returned as it + * can provide a much more efficient means of representing the header + * data by just wrapping the consumed byte array. + * + * @return this returns the characters consumed for the header + */ + CharSequence getHeader(); + + /** + * This method returns a string representing the header that was + * consumed for this request. For performance reasons it is better + * to acquire the character sequence representing the header as it + * does not require the allocation on new memory. + * + * @return this returns a string representation of this request + */ + String toString(); +} |