org.apache.commons.httpclient
Class Header

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Header

extends NameValuePair

An HTTP header.

Version:

$Revision: 1.10.2.3 $ $Date: 2004/02/22 18:21:13 $

Author:

Remy Maucherat, Mike Bowler

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Header()
Default constructor.

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

Method Summary

HeaderElement[]	getValues() Returns an array of HeaderElements constructed from my value.
String	toExternalForm() Returns a String representation of the header in the form:
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

Method Detail

toExternalForm

public String toExternalForm()

Returns a String representation of the header in the form:

 Name: valueCRLF
 

The string is terminated by CRLF.

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

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)