org.apache.commons.httpclient
Class HttpParser

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpParser

public class HttpParser

extends Object

A utility class for parsing http header values.

Since:

2.0beta1

Author:

Michael Becke, Oleg Kalnichevski

Method Summary

static Header[]	parseHeaders(InputStream is) Parses headers from the given stream.
static String	readLine(InputStream inputStream) Read up to "\n" from an (unchunked) input stream.
static byte[]	readRawLine(InputStream inputStream) Return byte array from an (unchunked) input stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

readRawLine

public static byte[] readRawLine(InputStream inputStream)
                          throws IOException

Return byte array from an (unchunked) input stream. Stop reading when "\n" terminator encountered If the stream ends before the line terminator is found, the last part of the string will still be returned. If no input data available, null is returned

Parameters:

inputStream - the stream to read from

Returns:

a byte array from the stream

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O problem occurs

readLine

public static String readLine(InputStream inputStream)
                       throws IOException

Read up to "\n" from an (unchunked) input stream. If the stream ends before the line terminator is found, the last part of the string will still be returned. If no input data available, null is returned

Parameters:

inputStream - the stream to read from

Returns:

a line from the stream

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O problem occurs

parseHeaders

public static Header[] parseHeaders(InputStream is)
                             throws IOException,
                                    HttpException

Parses headers from the given stream. Headers with the same name are not combined.

Parameters:

is - the stream to read headers from

Returns:

an array of headers in the order in which they were parsed

Throws:

IOException - if an IO error occurs while reading from the stream

HttpException - if there is an error parsing a header value