Package org.apache.http.message

Class BasicHeader

java.lang.Object
org.apache.http.message.BasicHeader
All Implemented Interfaces:
Cloneable, Header
public class BasicHeader
extends Object
implements Header, Cloneable
Represents an HTTP header field.

The HTTP header fields follow the same generic format as that given in Section 3.1 of RFC 822. Each header field consists of a name followed by a colon (":") and the field value. Field names are case-insensitive. The field value MAY be preceded by any amount of LWS, though a single SP is preferred. 

     message-header = field-name ":" [ field-value ]
     field-name     = token
     field-value    = *( field-content | LWS )
     field-content  = <the OCTETs making up the field-value
                      and consisting of either *TEXT or combinations
                      of token, separators, and quoted-string>
Since:
4.0
Version:
$Revision: 652956 $ $Date: 2008-05-02 17:13:05 -0700 (Fri, 02 May 2008) $
Author:
Remy Maucherat, Mike Bowler, Oleg Kalnichevski

  • Constructor Details

    • BasicHeader

      public BasicHeader​(String name, String value)
      Constructor with name and value
      Parameters:
      name - the header name
      value - the header value

  • Method Details

    • getName

      public String getName()
      Returns the header name.
      Specified by:
      getName in interface Header
      Returns:
      String name The name

    • getValue

      public String getValue()
      Returns the header value.
      Specified by:
      getValue in interface Header
      Returns:
      String value The current value.

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Returns a String representation of the header.
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object
      Returns:
      a string

    • getElements

      public HeaderElement[] getElements() throws ParseException
      Returns an array of HeaderElements constructed from my value.
      Specified by:
      getElements in interface Header
      Returns:
      an array of header elements
      Throws:
      ParseException - in case of a parse error
      See Also:
      BasicHeaderValueParser.parseElements(String, HeaderValueParser)

    • clone

      public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException
      Description copied from class: Object
      Creates and returns a copy of this Object. The default implementation returns a so-called "shallow" copy: It creates a new instance of the same class and then copies the field values (including object references) from this instance to the new instance. A "deep" copy, in contrast, would also recursively clone nested objects. A subclass that needs to implement this kind of cloning should call super.clone() to create the new instance and then create deep copies of the nested, mutable objects.
      Overrides:
      clone in class Object
      Returns:
      a copy of this object.
      Throws:
      CloneNotSupportedException - if this object's class does not implement the Cloneable interface.