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

public class Header

extends NameValuePair

An HTTP header.

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $ $Date: 2003/01/28 04:40:20 $

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() Get a String representation of me, suitable for use in an HTTP head.
String	toString() Returns a String representation of me.

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()

Get a String representation of me, suitable for use in an HTTP head.

Returns:

string value for a HTTP HEAD

toString

public String toString()

Returns a String representation of me.

Overrides:

toString in class NameValuePair

Returns:

String representation

See Also:

toExternalForm()

getValues

public HeaderElement[] getValues()
                          throws HttpException

Returns an array of HeaderElements constructed from my value.

Returns:

an array of header elements

Throws:

HttpException - When ? occurs

See Also:

HeaderElement.parse(java.lang.String)