org.apache.hc.core5.http

Interface HttpMessage

All Superinterfaces:

MessageHeaders

All Known Subinterfaces:

ClassicHttpRequest, ClassicHttpResponse, HttpRequest, HttpResponse

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMessageWrapper, BasicClassicHttpRequest, BasicClassicHttpResponse, BasicHttpRequest, BasicHttpResponse, HttpRequestWrapper, HttpResponseWrapper

public interface HttpMessage
extends MessageHeaders

HTTP messages consist of requests from client to server and responses from server to client.

Since:

4.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addHeader(Header header) Adds a header to this message.
void	addHeader(String name, Object value) Adds a header to this message.
ProtocolVersion	getVersion() Returns protocol version or null when not available.
boolean	removeHeader(Header header) Removes a header from this message.
boolean	removeHeaders(String name) Removes all headers with a certain name from this message.
void	setHeader(Header header) Overwrites the first header with the same name.
void	setHeader(String name, Object value) Overwrites the first header with the same name.
void	setHeaders(Header... headers) Overwrites all the headers in the message.
void	setVersion(ProtocolVersion version) Sets protocol version.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.hc.core5.http.MessageHeaders

containsHeader, countHeaders, getFirstHeader, getHeader, getHeaders, getHeaders, getLastHeader, headerIterator, headerIterator

Method Detail

setVersion

void setVersion(ProtocolVersion version)

Sets protocol version.

For incoming messages it represents protocol version this message was transmitted with. For outgoing messages it represents a hint what protocol version should be used to transmit the message.

Parameters:

version - The protocol version.

Since:

5.0

getVersion

ProtocolVersion getVersion()

Returns protocol version or null when not available.

For incoming messages it represents protocol version this message was transmitted with. For outgoing messages it represents a hint what protocol version should be used to transmit the message.

Returns:

The protocol version.

Since:

5.0

addHeader

void addHeader(Header header)

Adds a header to this message. The header will be appended to the end of the list.

Parameters:

header - the header to append.

addHeader

void addHeader(String name,
               Object value)

Adds a header to this message. The header will be appended to the end of the list.

Parameters:

name - the name of the header.

value - the value of the header, taken as the value's Object.toString().

setHeader

void setHeader(Header header)

Overwrites the first header with the same name. The new header will be appended to the end of the list, if no header with the given name can be found.

Parameters:

header - the header to set.

setHeader

void setHeader(String name,
               Object value)

Overwrites the first header with the same name. The new header will be appended to the end of the list, if no header with the given name can be found.

Parameters:

name - the name of the header.

value - the value of the header, taken as the value's Object.toString().

setHeaders

void setHeaders(Header... headers)

Overwrites all the headers in the message.

Parameters:

headers - the array of headers to set.

removeHeader

boolean removeHeader(Header header)

Removes a header from this message.

Parameters:

header - the header to remove.

Returns:

true if a header was removed as a result of this call.

removeHeaders

boolean removeHeaders(String name)

Removes all headers with a certain name from this message.

Parameters:

name - The name of the headers to remove.

Returns:

true if any header was removed as a result of this call.