org.apache.commons.httpclient
Class Header

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair
      org.apache.commons.httpclient.Header

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Header
extends NameValuePair

An HTTP header.

Version:

$Revision: 1425331 $ $Date: 2012-12-22 18:29:41 +0000 (Sat, 22 Dec 2012) $

Author:

Remy Maucherat, Mike Bowler, Oleg Kalnichevski

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Header()
Default constructor.

Header(String name, String value)
Constructor with name and value

Header(String name, String value, boolean isAutogenerated)
Constructor with name and value

Method Summary

HeaderElement[]	getElements() Returns an array of HeaderElements constructed from my value.
HeaderElement[]	getValues() Deprecated. Use #getElements
boolean	isAutogenerated() Returns the value of the auto-generated header flag.
String	toExternalForm() Returns a String representation of the header.
String	toString() Returns a String representation of the header.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair

equals, getName, getValue, hashCode, setName, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Header

public Header()

Default constructor.

Header

public Header(String name,
              String value)

Constructor with name and value

Parameters:

name - the header name

value - the header value

Header

public Header(String name,
              String value,
              boolean isAutogenerated)

Constructor with name and value

Parameters:

name - the header name

value - the header value

isAutogenerated - true if the header is autogenerated, false otherwise.

Since:

3.0

Method Detail

toExternalForm

public String toExternalForm()

Returns a String representation of the header.

Returns:

stringHEAD

toString

public String toString()

Returns a String representation of the header.

Overrides:

toString in class NameValuePair

Returns:

stringHEAD

getValues

public HeaderElement[] getValues()
                          throws HttpException

Deprecated. Use #getElements

Returns an array of HeaderElements constructed from my value.

Returns:

an array of header elements

Throws:

HttpException - if the header cannot be parsed

See Also:

HeaderElement.parse(java.lang.String)

getElements

public HeaderElement[] getElements()

Returns an array of HeaderElements constructed from my value.

Returns:

an array of header elements

Since:

3.0

See Also:

HeaderElement.parseElements(String)

isAutogenerated

public boolean isAutogenerated()

Returns the value of the auto-generated header flag.

Returns:

true if the header is autogenerated, false otherwise.

Since:

3.0