public interface HttpHeaders

An injectable interface that provides access to HTTP header information. All methods throw IllegalStateException if called outside the scope of a request (e.g. from a provider constructor).

Since:

1.0

See Also:

Context

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type

Field

Description

static final String

ACCEPT

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.1">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

ACCEPT_CHARSET

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.2">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

ACCEPT_ENCODING

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.3">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

ACCEPT_LANGUAGE

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.4">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

ALLOW

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.7">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

AUTHORIZATION

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.8">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

CACHE_CONTROL

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.9">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

CONTENT_DISPOSITION

See {@link <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2183">IETF RFC-2183}.

static final String

CONTENT_ENCODING

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.11">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

CONTENT_ID

See {@link <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2392">IETF RFC-2392}.

static final String

CONTENT_LANGUAGE

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.12">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

CONTENT_LENGTH

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.13">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

CONTENT_LOCATION

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.14">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

CONTENT_TYPE

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.17">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

COOKIE

See {@link <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2109.txt">IETF RFC 2109}.

static final String

DATE

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.18">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

ETAG

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.19">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

EXPIRES

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.21">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

HOST

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.23">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

IF_MATCH

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.24">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

IF_MODIFIED_SINCE

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.25">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

IF_NONE_MATCH

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.26">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

IF_UNMODIFIED_SINCE

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.28">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

LAST_MODIFIED

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.29">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

LINK

See {@link <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988#page-6">Web Linking (IETF RFC-5988) documentation}.

static final String

LOCATION

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.30">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

RETRY_AFTER

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.37">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

SET_COOKIE

See {@link <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2109.txt">IETF RFC 2109}.

static final String

USER_AGENT

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.43">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

VARY

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.44">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.

static final String

WWW_AUTHENTICATE

See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.47">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

List<Locale>

getAcceptableLanguages()

Get a list of languages that are acceptable for the response.

List<MediaType>

getAcceptableMediaTypes()

Get a list of media types that are acceptable for the response.

Map<String,Cookie>

getCookies()

Get any cookies that accompanied the request.

Date

getDate()

Get message date.

String

getHeaderString(String name)

Get a HTTP header as a single string value.

Locale

getLanguage()

Get the language of the request entity.

int

getLength()

Get Content-Length value.

MediaType

getMediaType()

Get the media type of the request entity.

List<String>

getRequestHeader(String name)

Get the values of a HTTP request header.

MultivaluedMap<String,String>

getRequestHeaders()

Get the values of HTTP request headers.

Field Details
- ACCEPT
  
  static final String ACCEPT
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.1">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- ACCEPT_CHARSET
  
  static final String ACCEPT_CHARSET
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.2">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- ACCEPT_ENCODING
  
  static final String ACCEPT_ENCODING
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.3">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- ACCEPT_LANGUAGE
  
  static final String ACCEPT_LANGUAGE
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.4">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- ALLOW
  
  static final String ALLOW
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.7">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- AUTHORIZATION
  
  static final String AUTHORIZATION
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.8">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- CACHE_CONTROL
  
  static final String CACHE_CONTROL
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.9">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- CONTENT_DISPOSITION
  
  static final String CONTENT_DISPOSITION
  
  See {@link <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2183">IETF RFC-2183}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- CONTENT_ENCODING
  
  static final String CONTENT_ENCODING
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.11">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- CONTENT_ID
  
  static final String CONTENT_ID
  
  See {@link <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2392">IETF RFC-2392}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- CONTENT_LANGUAGE
  
  static final String CONTENT_LANGUAGE
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.12">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- CONTENT_LENGTH
  
  static final String CONTENT_LENGTH
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.13">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- CONTENT_LOCATION
  
  static final String CONTENT_LOCATION
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.14">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- CONTENT_TYPE
  
  static final String CONTENT_TYPE
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.17">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- DATE
  
  static final String DATE
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.18">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- ETAG
  
  static final String ETAG
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.19">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- EXPIRES
  
  static final String EXPIRES
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.21">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- HOST
  
  static final String HOST
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.23">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- IF_MATCH
  
  static final String IF_MATCH
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.24">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- IF_MODIFIED_SINCE
  
  static final String IF_MODIFIED_SINCE
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.25">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- IF_NONE_MATCH
  
  static final String IF_NONE_MATCH
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.26">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- IF_UNMODIFIED_SINCE
  
  static final String IF_UNMODIFIED_SINCE
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.28">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- LAST_MODIFIED
  
  static final String LAST_MODIFIED
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.29">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- LOCATION
  
  static final String LOCATION
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.30">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- LINK
  
  static final String LINK
  
  See {@link <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988#page-6">Web Linking (IETF RFC-5988) documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- RETRY_AFTER
  
  static final String RETRY_AFTER
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.37">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- USER_AGENT
  
  static final String USER_AGENT
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.43">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- VARY
  
  static final String VARY
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.44">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- WWW_AUTHENTICATE
  
  static final String WWW_AUTHENTICATE
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.47">HTTP/1.1 documentation}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- COOKIE
  
  static final String COOKIE
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2109.txt">IETF RFC 2109}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- SET_COOKIE
  
  static final String SET_COOKIE
  
  See {@link <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2109.txt">IETF RFC 2109}.
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
Method Details
- getRequestHeader
  
  List<String> getRequestHeader(String name)
  
  Get the values of a HTTP request header. The returned List is read-only. This is a shortcut for getRequestHeaders().get(name).
  
  Parameters:
  
  name - the header name, case insensitive.
  
  Returns:
  
  a read-only list of header values.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalStateException - if called outside the scope of a request.
- getHeaderString
  
  String getHeaderString(String name)
  
  Get a HTTP header as a single string value.
  Each single header value is converted to String using a RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate if one is available via RuntimeDelegate.createHeaderDelegate(java.lang.Class) for the header value class or using its toString method if a header delegate is not available.
  Parameters:
  
  name - the HTTP header.
  
  Returns:
  
  the HTTP header value. If the HTTP header is not present then null is returned. If the HTTP header is present but has no value then the empty string is returned. If the HTTP header is present more than once then the values of joined together and separated by a ',' character.
  
  Since:
  
  2.0
  
  See Also:
  
  getRequestHeader(java.lang.String)
- getRequestHeaders
  
  MultivaluedMap<String,String> getRequestHeaders()
  
  Get the values of HTTP request headers. The returned Map is case-insensitive wrt. keys and is read-only. The method never returns null.
  
  Returns:
  
  a read-only map of header names and values.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalStateException - if called outside the scope of a request.
- getAcceptableMediaTypes
  
  List<MediaType> getAcceptableMediaTypes()
  
  Get a list of media types that are acceptable for the response.
  If no acceptable media types are specified, a read-only list containing a single wildcard media type instance is returned.
  
  Returns:
  
  a read-only list of requested response media types sorted according to their q-value, with highest preference first.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalStateException - if called outside the scope of a request.
- getAcceptableLanguages
  
  List<Locale> getAcceptableLanguages()
  
  Get a list of languages that are acceptable for the response.
  If no acceptable languages are specified, a read-only list containing a single wildcard Locale instance (with language field set to "*") is returned.
  
  Returns:
  
  a read-only list of acceptable languages sorted according to their q-value, with highest preference first.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalStateException - if called outside the scope of a request.
- getMediaType
  
  MediaType getMediaType()
  
  Get the media type of the request entity.
  
  Returns:
  
  the media type or null if there is no request entity.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalStateException - if called outside the scope of a request.
- getLanguage
  
  Locale getLanguage()
  
  Get the language of the request entity.
  
  Returns:
  
  the language of the entity or null if not specified.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalStateException - if called outside the scope of a request.
- getCookies
  
  Map<String,Cookie> getCookies()
  
  Get any cookies that accompanied the request.
  
  Returns:
  
  a read-only map of cookie name (String) to Cookie.
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalStateException - if called outside the scope of a request
- getDate
  
  Date getDate()
  
  Get message date.
  
  Returns:
  
  the message date, otherwise null if not present.
  
  Since:
  
  2.0
- getLength
  
  int getLength()
  
  Get Content-Length value.
  
  Returns:
  
  Content-Length as integer if present and valid number. In other cases returns -1.
  
  Since:
  
  2.0

Interface HttpHeaders

Field Summary

Method Summary

Field Details

ACCEPT

ACCEPT_CHARSET

ACCEPT_ENCODING

ACCEPT_LANGUAGE

ALLOW

AUTHORIZATION

CACHE_CONTROL

CONTENT_DISPOSITION

CONTENT_ENCODING

CONTENT_ID

CONTENT_LANGUAGE

CONTENT_LENGTH

CONTENT_LOCATION

CONTENT_TYPE

DATE

ETAG

EXPIRES

HOST

IF_MATCH

IF_MODIFIED_SINCE

IF_NONE_MATCH

IF_UNMODIFIED_SINCE

LAST_MODIFIED

LOCATION

LINK

RETRY_AFTER

USER_AGENT

VARY

WWW_AUTHENTICATE

COOKIE

SET_COOKIE

Method Details

getRequestHeader

getHeaderString

getRequestHeaders

getAcceptableMediaTypes

getAcceptableLanguages

getMediaType

getLanguage

getCookies

getDate

getLength