Package org.apache.hc.core5.http.protocol

Class RequestTE

java.lang.Object

org.apache.hc.core5.http.protocol.RequestTE

All Implemented Interfaces:

HttpRequestInterceptor

@Contract(threading=IMMUTABLE)
public class RequestTE
extends Object
implements HttpRequestInterceptor

HTTP protocol interceptor responsible for validating and processing the HttpHeaders.TE header field in HTTP/1.1 requests.

The HttpHeaders.TE header is used to indicate transfer codings the client is willing to accept and, in some cases, whether the client is willing to accept trailer fields. This interceptor ensures that the HttpHeaders.TE header does not include the chunked transfer coding and validates the presence of the Connection: TE header.

For HTTP/1.1 requests, the HttpHeaders.TE header can contain multiple values separated by commas and may include quality values (denoted by q=) separated by semicolons.

In case of HTTP/2, this validation is skipped, and another layer of logic handles the specifics of HTTP/2 compliance.

Since:

5.4

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final HttpRequestInterceptor	INSTANCE	Singleton instance of the RequestTE interceptor.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RequestTE()	Default constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	process(HttpRequest request, EntityDetails entity, HttpContext context)	Processes the TE header of the given HTTP request and ensures compliance with HTTP/1.1 requirements.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

INSTANCE

public static final HttpRequestInterceptor INSTANCE

Singleton instance of the RequestTE interceptor.

Constructor Details

RequestTE

public RequestTE()

Default constructor.

Method Details

process

public void process(HttpRequest request,
 EntityDetails entity,
 HttpContext context)
             throws HttpException,
IOException

Processes the TE header of the given HTTP request and ensures compliance with HTTP/1.1 requirements.

If the TE header is present, this method validates that:

• The TE header does not include the chunked transfer coding, which is implicitly supported for HTTP/1.1.
• The Connection header includes the TE directive, as required by the protocol.

Specified by:

process in interface HttpRequestInterceptor

Parameters:

request - the HTTP request containing the headers to validate

entity - the entity associated with the request (may be null)

context - the execution context for the request

Throws:

HttpException - if the TE header contains invalid values or the Connection header is missing

IOException - in case of an I/O error