org.apache.commons.latka.validators
Class ResponseHeaderValidator

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.commons.latka.validators.BaseValidator
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        +--org.apache.commons.latka.validators.ResponseHeaderValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator

public class ResponseHeaderValidator

extends BaseValidator

implements Validator

ResponseHeaderValidator validates response headers in an HTTP session.

Author:

Morgan Delagrange

Constructor Summary

ResponseHeaderValidator(java.lang.String headerName)
Constructs a validator for the given header with no label.

ResponseHeaderValidator(java.lang.String label, java.lang.String headerName)
Constructs a labeled validator for the given header

Method Summary

void	setHeaderValue(java.lang.String headerValue) Sets the desired value of the header to be validated.
void	validate(Response response) Checks to see that the header exists, and also checks its value if setHeaderValue(String) has been called

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.latka.validators.BaseValidator

getLabel, setLabel

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ResponseHeaderValidator

public ResponseHeaderValidator(java.lang.String headerName)

Constructs a validator for the given header with no label.

Parameters:

headerName - Name of the header to validate

ResponseHeaderValidator

public ResponseHeaderValidator(java.lang.String label,
                               java.lang.String headerName)

Constructs a labeled validator for the given header

Parameters:

label - name of the header to validate

headerName -

Method Detail

setHeaderValue

public void setHeaderValue(java.lang.String headerValue)

Sets the desired value of the header to be validated. If this method is not called, then the validator will only check for the existence of the header and disregard its value.

Parameters:

headerValue - desired value of the header, or null to look for a header with the String value "null"

validate

public void validate(Response response)
              throws ValidationException

Checks to see that the header exists, and also checks its value if setHeaderValue(String) has been called

Specified by:

validate in interface Validator

Overrides:

validate in class BaseValidator

Parameters:

response - The HTTP response to validate

Throws:

ValidationException - if the header does not meet the criteria of the test