org.melati.util
Class HttpHeader

java.lang.Object
  org.melati.util.HttpHeader

Direct Known Subclasses:

AcceptCharset

public class HttpHeader
extends Object

Representation of occurrences of an HTTP header field.

These are defined in RFC 2616 and have the same general form as in RFC 822 section 3.1.

We generally assume that all continuation lines and occurrences in a message are concatenated with comma separators.

Author:

Jim Wright

Nested Class Summary

class	HttpHeader.FieldIterator Abstract enumeration of fields.
static class	HttpHeader.HttpHeaderException
static class	HttpHeader.TokenAndQValue A token and associated qvalue.
class	HttpHeader.TokenAndQValueIterator Iteration over HttpHeader.TokenAndQValues.
static class	HttpHeader.Tokenizer Tokenizer for parsing occurences of a field.
class	HttpHeader.WordIterator Iteration over HttpHeader.TokenAndQValues.

Field Summary

protected HttpHeader.Tokenizer

tokenizer Instance of inner HttpHeader.Tokenizer.

Constructor Summary

HttpHeader(String values)
Create an instance representing the given comma separated fields.

Method Summary

HttpHeader.TokenAndQValue	nextTokenAndQValue() Factory method to create and return the next HttpHeader.TokenAndQValue.
HttpHeader.TokenAndQValueIterator	tokenAndQValueIterator() Factory method to create and return an iterator of HttpHeader.TokenAndQValue's.
HttpHeader.WordIterator	wordIterator() Factory method to create and return an iterator of words.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

tokenizer

protected HttpHeader.Tokenizer tokenizer

Instance of inner HttpHeader.Tokenizer.

Constructor Detail

HttpHeader

public HttpHeader(String values)

Create an instance representing the given comma separated fields.

Method Detail

wordIterator

public final HttpHeader.WordIterator wordIterator()

Factory method to create and return an iterator of words.

Returns:

a new WordIterator

nextTokenAndQValue

public HttpHeader.TokenAndQValue nextTokenAndQValue()
                                             throws HttpHeader.HttpHeaderException

Factory method to create and return the next HttpHeader.TokenAndQValue.

Returns:

a new TokenAndQValue

Throws:

HttpHeader.HttpHeaderException

tokenAndQValueIterator

public HttpHeader.TokenAndQValueIterator tokenAndQValueIterator()

Factory method to create and return an iterator of HttpHeader.TokenAndQValue's.

Returns:

a new TokenAndQValueIterator