Class ResponseEntity
- All Implemented Interfaces:
Message
,Response
,ResponseHeader
,StatusLine
OutputStream
of the Response
can be
retrieved from this interface as can the I.P address of the client
that will be receiving the Response
. The attributes
of the connection can be retrieved also. This provides a set of
methods that can be used to set the attributes of the stream so
the Response
can be transported properly. The headers
can be set and will be sent once a commit is made, or when there
is content sent over the output stream.
This should never allow the message body be sent if it should not be sent with the headers as of RFC 2616 rules for the presence of a message body. A message body must not be included with a HEAD request or with a 304 or a 204 response. A proper implementation of this will prevent a message body being sent if the response is to a HEAD request of if there is a 304 or 204 response code.
It is important to note that the Response
controls
the processing of the HTTP pipeline. The next HTTP request is
not processed until the response has committed. The response is
committed once the commit
method is invoked if there
is NO content body. Committing with a content body is done only if
correct content is given. The OutputStream
acts as
a client and commits the response once the specified content has
been written to the issued OutputStream
.
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Field Summary
FieldsModifier and TypeFieldDescriptionprivate ResponseBuffer
This is used to buffer the bytes that are sent to the client.private Channel
This is the underlying channel for the connected pipeline.private BodyObserver
This is the observer that is used to monitor the response.private ByteWriter
This is the sender object used to deliver to response data.private Conversation
This is the conversation used to determine connection type.private Trace
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Constructor Summary
ConstructorsConstructorDescriptionResponseEntity
(BodyObserver observer, Request request, Entity entity) Constructor for theResponseEntity
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionvoid
close()
This is used to close the connection and commit the request.void
commit()
This is used to write the headers that where given to theResponse
.getAttribute
(Object name) This is used as a shortcut for acquiring attributes for the response.This can be used to retrieve certain attributes about thisResponse
.Used to write a message body with theResponse
.getByteChannel
(int size) Used to write a message body with theResponse
.private String
This determines the charset forPrintStream
objects returned from thegetPrintStream
method.Used to write a message body with theResponse
.getOutputStream
(int size) Used to write a message body with theResponse
.This method is provided for convenience so that the HTTP content can be written using theprint
methods provided by thePrintStream
.getPrintStream
(int size) This method is provided for convenience so that the HTTP content can be written using theprint
methods provided by thePrintStream
.private PrintStream
getPrintStream
(int size, String charset) This is used to wrap thegetOutputStream
object in aPrintStream
, which will write content using a specified charset.long
This represents the time at which the response has fully written.boolean
This can be used to determine whether theResponse
has been committed.boolean
This is used to determine if the HTTP response message is a keep alive message or if the underlying socket was closed.void
reset()
This can be used to determine whether theResponse
has been committed.void
setContentLength
(long length) This should be used when the size of the message body is known.void
setContentType
(String type) This is used to set the content type for the response.Methods inherited from class org.simpleframework.http.core.ResponseMessage
getCode, getContentLength, getContentType, getDescription, getHeader, getMajor, getMinor, getStatus, getTransferEncoding, setCode, setDescription, setMajor, setMinor, setStatus, toString
Methods inherited from class org.simpleframework.http.message.MessageHeader
addDate, addInteger, addValue, getAll, getCookie, getCookies, getDate, getInteger, getLong, getNames, getValue, getValue, getValues, getValues, setCookie, setCookie, setDate, setInteger, setLong, setValue
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
Methods inherited from interface org.simpleframework.http.ResponseHeader
addDate, addInteger, addValue, getContentLength, getContentType, getCookie, getCookies, getDate, getHeader, getInteger, getNames, getTransferEncoding, getValue, getValue, getValues, setCookie, setCookie, setDate, setInteger, setLong, setValue, toString
Methods inherited from interface org.simpleframework.http.StatusLine
getCode, getDescription, getMajor, getMinor, getStatus, setCode, setDescription, setMajor, setMinor, setStatus
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Field Details
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observer
This is the observer that is used to monitor the response. -
buffer
This is used to buffer the bytes that are sent to the client. -
support
This is the conversation used to determine connection type. -
channel
This is the underlying channel for the connected pipeline. -
sender
This is the sender object used to deliver to response data. -
trace
This is used to trace events that occur with the response
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Constructor Details
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ResponseEntity
Constructor for theResponseEntity
object. This is used to create a response instance using the provided request, entity, and monitor object. To ensure that the response is compatible with client theRequest
is used. Also to ensure the next request can be processed the provided monitor is used to signal response events to the server kernel.- Parameters:
observer
- this is the observer used to signal eventsrequest
- this is the request that was sent by the cliententity
- this is the entity that contains the channel
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Method Details
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getResponseTime
public long getResponseTime()This represents the time at which the response has fully written. Because the response is delivered asynchronously to the client this response time does not represent the time to last byte. It simply represents the time at which the response has been fully generated and written to the output buffer or queue. This returns zero if the response has not finished.- Specified by:
getResponseTime
in interfaceResponse
- Returns:
- this is the time taken to complete the response
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getAttribute
This is used as a shortcut for acquiring attributes for the response. This avoids acquiring theAttributes
in order to retrieve the attribute directly from that object. The attributes contain data specific to the response.- Parameters:
name
- this is the name of the attribute to acquire- Returns:
- this returns the attribute for the specified name
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getAttributes
This can be used to retrieve certain attributes about thisResponse
. The attributes contains certain properties about theResponse
. For example if this Response goes over a secure line then there may be any arbitrary attributes.- Returns:
- the response attributes of that have been set
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setContentLength
public void setContentLength(long length) This should be used when the size of the message body is known. For performance reasons this should be used so the length of the output is known. This ensures that Persistent HTTP (PHTTP) connections can be maintained for both HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 clients. If the length of the output is not known HTTP/1.0 clients will require a connection close, which reduces performance (see RFC 2616).This removes any previous Content-Length headers from the message header. This will then set the appropriate Content-Length header with the correct length. If a the Connection header is set with the close token then the semantics of the connection are such that the server will close it once the
OutputStream.close
is used.- Specified by:
setContentLength
in interfaceResponse
- Parameters:
length
- this is the length of the HTTP message body
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setContentType
This is used to set the content type for the response. Typically a response will contain a message body of some sort. This is used to conveniently set the type for that response. Setting the content type can also be done explicitly if desired.- Specified by:
setContentType
in interfaceResponse
- Parameters:
type
- this is the type that is to be set in the response
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getCharset
This determines the charset forPrintStream
objects returned from thegetPrintStream
method. This will return a valid charset regardless of whether the Content-Type header has been set, set without a charset, or not set at all. If unspecified, the charset returned isISO-8859-1
, as suggested by RFC 2616, section 3.7.1.- Returns:
- returns the charset used by this response object
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getOutputStream
Used to write a message body with theResponse
. The semantics of thisOutputStream
will be determined by the HTTP version of the client, and whether or not the content length has been set, through thesetContentLength
method. If the length of the output is not known then the output is chunked for HTTP/1.1 clients and closed for HTTP/1.0 clients.- Specified by:
getOutputStream
in interfaceResponse
- Returns:
- an output stream object used to write the message body
- Throws:
IOException
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getOutputStream
Used to write a message body with theResponse
. The semantics of thisOutputStream
will be determined by the HTTP version of the client, and whether or not the content length has been set, through thesetContentLength
method. If the length of the output is not known then the output is chunked for HTTP/1.1 clients and closed for HTTP/1.0 clients.This will ensure that there is buffering done so that the output can be reset using the
reset
method. This will enable the specified number of bytes to be written without committing the response. This specified size is the minimum size that the response buffer must be.- Specified by:
getOutputStream
in interfaceResponse
- Parameters:
size
- the minimum size that the response buffer must be- Returns:
- an output stream object used to write the message body
- Throws:
IOException
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getPrintStream
This method is provided for convenience so that the HTTP content can be written using theprint
methods provided by thePrintStream
. This will basically wrap thegetOutputStream
with a buffer size of zero.The retrieved
PrintStream
uses the charset used to describe the content, with the Content-Type header. This will check the charset parameter of the contents MIME type. So if the Content-Type wastext/plain; charset=UTF-8
the resultingPrintStream
would encode the written data using the UTF-8 encoding scheme. Care must be taken to ensure that bytes written to the stream are correctly encoded.- Specified by:
getPrintStream
in interfaceResponse
- Returns:
- a print stream object used to write the message body
- Throws:
IOException
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getPrintStream
This method is provided for convenience so that the HTTP content can be written using theprint
methods provided by thePrintStream
. This will basically wrap thegetOutputStream
with a specified buffer size.The retrieved
PrintStream
uses the charset used to describe the content, with the Content-Type header. This will check the charset parameter of the contents MIME type. So if the Content-Type wastext/plain; charset=UTF-8
the resultingPrintStream
would encode the written data using the UTF-8 encoding scheme. Care must be taken to ensure that bytes written to the stream are correctly encoded.- Specified by:
getPrintStream
in interfaceResponse
- Parameters:
size
- the minimum size that the response buffer must be- Returns:
- a print stream object used to write the message body
- Throws:
IOException
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getPrintStream
This is used to wrap thegetOutputStream
object in aPrintStream
, which will write content using a specified charset. ThePrintStream
created will not buffer the content, it will write directly to the underlyingOutputStream
where it is buffered (if there is a buffer size greater than zero specified). In future the buffer of thePrintStream
may be usable.- Parameters:
size
- the minimum size that the response buffer must becharset
- this is the charset used by the resulting stream- Returns:
- a print stream that encodes in the given charset
- Throws:
IOException
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getByteChannel
Used to write a message body with theResponse
. The semantics of thisWritableByteChannel
are determined by the HTTP version of the client, and whether or not the content length has been set, through thesetContentLength
method. If the length of the output is not known then the output is chunked for HTTP/1.1 clients and closed for HTTP/1.0 clients.- Specified by:
getByteChannel
in interfaceResponse
- Returns:
- a writable byte channel used to write the message body
- Throws:
IOException
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getByteChannel
Used to write a message body with theResponse
. The semantics of thisWritableByteChannel
are determined by the HTTP version of the client, and whether or not the content length has been set, through thesetContentLength
method. If the length of the output is not known then the output is chunked for HTTP/1.1 clients and closed for HTTP/1.0 clients.This will ensure that there is buffering done so that the output can be reset using the
reset
method. This will enable the specified number of bytes to be written without committing the response. This specified size is the minimum size that the response buffer must be.- Specified by:
getByteChannel
in interfaceResponse
- Parameters:
size
- the minimum size that the response buffer must be- Returns:
- a writable byte channel used to write the message body
- Throws:
IOException
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isKeepAlive
public boolean isKeepAlive()This is used to determine if the HTTP response message is a keep alive message or if the underlying socket was closed. Even if the client requests a connection keep alive and supports persistent connections, the response can still be closed by the server. This can be explicitly indicated by the presence of theConnection
HTTP header, it can also be implicitly indicated by using version HTTP/1.0.- Specified by:
isKeepAlive
in interfaceResponse
- Returns:
- this returns true if the connection was closed
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isCommitted
public boolean isCommitted()This can be used to determine whether theResponse
has been committed. This is true if theResponse
was committed, either due to an explicit invocation of thecommit
method or due to the writing of content. If theResponse
has committed thereset
method will not work in resetting content already written.- Specified by:
isCommitted
in interfaceResponse
- Returns:
- true if the response has been fully committed
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commit
This is used to write the headers that where given to theResponse
. Any further attempts to give headers to theResponse
will be futile as only the headers that were given at the time of the first commit will be used in the message header.This also performs some final checks on the headers submitted. This is done to determine the optimal performance of the output. If no specific Connection header has been specified this will set the connection so that HTTP/1.0 closes by default.
- Specified by:
commit
in interfaceResponse
- Throws:
IOException
- thrown if there was a problem writing
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reset
This can be used to determine whether theResponse
has been committed. This is true if theResponse
was committed, either due to an explicit invocation of thecommit
method or due to the writing of content. If theResponse
has committed thereset
method will not work in resetting content already written.- Specified by:
reset
in interfaceResponse
- Throws:
IOException
- thrown if there is a problem resetting
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close
This is used to close the connection and commit the request. This provides the same semantics as closing the output stream and ensures that the HTTP response is committed. This will throw an exception if the response can not be committed.- Specified by:
close
in interfaceResponse
- Throws:
IOException
- thrown if there is a problem writing
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