com.sun.xml.ws.transport
Class Headers

java.lang.Object
  java.util.AbstractMap<K,V>
      java.util.TreeMap<java.lang.String,java.util.List<java.lang.String>>
          com.sun.xml.ws.transport.Headers

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.util.List<java.lang.String>>, java.util.NavigableMap<java.lang.String,java.util.List<java.lang.String>>, java.util.SortedMap<java.lang.String,java.util.List<java.lang.String>>

public class Headers
extends java.util.TreeMap<java.lang.String,java.util.List<java.lang.String>>

HTTP request and response headers are represented by this class which implements the interface Map<String, List<String>>. The keys are case-insensitive Strings representing the header names and the value associated with each key is a List<String> with one element for each occurrence of the header name in the request or response.

For example, if the request has the the following headers:

 HeaderName: value1
 HeadernaMe: value2
 

Then get("hEaDeRnAmE") would give both "value1", and "value2" values in a list

All the normal Map methods are provided, but the following additional convenience methods are most likely to be used:

• getFirst(String) returns a single valued header or the first value of a multi-valued header.
• add(String,String) adds the given header value to the list for the given key
• set(String,String) sets the given header field to the single value given overwriting any existing values in the value list.

All methods in this class accept null values for keys and values. However, null keys will never will be present in HTTP request headers, and will not be output/sent in response headers. Null values can be represented as either a null entry for the key (i.e. the list is null) or where the key has a list, but one (or more) of the list's values is null. Null values are output as a header line containing the key but no associated value.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

java.util.AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<K,V>, java.util.AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<K,V>

Constructor Summary

Headers()

Method Summary

void	add(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value) Adds the given value to the list of headers for the given key.
java.lang.String	getFirst(java.lang.String key) Returns the first value from the List of String values for the given key (if at least one exists).
void	set(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value) Sets the given value as the sole header value for the given key.

Methods inherited from class java.util.TreeMap

ceilingEntry, ceilingKey, clear, clone, comparator, containsKey, containsValue, descendingKeySet, descendingMap, entrySet, firstEntry, firstKey, floorEntry, floorKey, get, headMap, headMap, higherEntry, higherKey, keySet, lastEntry, lastKey, lowerEntry, lowerKey, navigableKeySet, pollFirstEntry, pollLastEntry, put, putAll, remove, size, subMap, subMap, tailMap, tailMap, values

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

equals, hashCode, isEmpty, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

equals, hashCode, isEmpty

Constructor Detail

Headers

public Headers()

Method Detail

add

public void add(java.lang.String key,
                java.lang.String value)

Adds the given value to the list of headers for the given key. If the mapping does not already exist, then it is created.

Parameters:

key - the header name

value - the header value to add to the header

getFirst

public java.lang.String getFirst(java.lang.String key)

Returns the first value from the List of String values for the given key (if at least one exists).

Parameters:

key - the key to search for

Returns:

the first string value associated with the key

set

public void set(java.lang.String key,
                java.lang.String value)

Sets the given value as the sole header value for the given key. If the mapping does not already exist, then it is created.

Parameters:

key - the header name

value - the header value to set.