Class HeaderGroup

java.lang.Object
org.apache.hc.core5.http.message.HeaderGroup
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, MessageHeaders
Direct Known Subclasses:
BasicHttpRequest, BasicHttpResponse

public class HeaderGroup extends Object implements MessageHeaders, Serializable
A class for combining a set of headers. This class allows for multiple headers with the same name and keeps track of the order in which headers were added.
Since:
4.0
See Also:
  • Field Details

    • serialVersionUID

      private static final long serialVersionUID
      See Also:
    • EMPTY

      private static final Header[] EMPTY
    • headers

      private final List<Header> headers
      The list of headers for this group, in the order in which they were added
  • Constructor Details

    • HeaderGroup

      public HeaderGroup()
      Constructor for HeaderGroup.
  • Method Details

    • clear

      public void clear()
      Removes all headers.
    • addHeader

      public void addHeader(Header header)
      Adds the given header to the group. The order in which this header was added is preserved.
      Parameters:
      header - the header to add
    • removeHeader

      public boolean removeHeader(Header header)
      Removes the first given header.
      Parameters:
      header - the header to remove
      Returns:
      true if a header was removed as a result of this call.
    • headerEquals

      private boolean headerEquals(Header header1, Header header2)
    • removeHeaders

      public boolean removeHeaders(Header header)
      Removes all headers that match the given header.
      Parameters:
      header - the header to remove
      Returns:
      true if any header was removed as a result of this call.
      Since:
      5.0
    • setHeader

      public void setHeader(Header header)
      Replaces the first occurrence of the header with the same name. If no header with the same name is found the given header is added to the end of the list.
      Parameters:
      header - the new header that should replace the first header with the same name if present in the list.
      Since:
      5.0
    • setHeaders

      public void setHeaders(Header... headers)
      Sets all of the headers contained within this group overriding any existing headers. The headers are added in the order in which they appear in the array.
      Parameters:
      headers - the headers to set
    • getCondensedHeader

      public Header getCondensedHeader(String name)
      Gets a header representing all of the header values with the given name. If more that one header with the given name exists the values will be combined with a ",".

      Header name comparison is case insensitive.

      Parameters:
      name - the name of the header(s) to get
      Returns:
      a header with a condensed value or null if no headers by the given name are present
    • getHeaders

      public Header[] getHeaders(String name)
      Gets all of the headers with the given name. The returned array maintains the relative order in which the headers were added.

      Header name comparison is case insensitive.

      Specified by:
      getHeaders in interface MessageHeaders
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the header(s) to get
      Returns:
      an array of length ≥ 0
    • getFirstHeader

      public Header getFirstHeader(String name)
      Gets the first header with the given name.

      Header name comparison is case insensitive.

      Specified by:
      getFirstHeader in interface MessageHeaders
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the header to get
      Returns:
      the first header or null
    • getHeader

      public Header getHeader(String name) throws ProtocolException
      Gets single first header with the given name.

      Header name comparison is case insensitive.

      Specified by:
      getHeader in interface MessageHeaders
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the header to get
      Returns:
      the first header or null
      Throws:
      ProtocolException - in case multiple headers with the given name are found.
    • getLastHeader

      public Header getLastHeader(String name)
      Gets the last header with the given name.

      Header name comparison is case insensitive.

      Specified by:
      getLastHeader in interface MessageHeaders
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the header to get
      Returns:
      the last header or null
    • getHeaders

      public Header[] getHeaders()
      Gets all of the headers contained within this group.
      Specified by:
      getHeaders in interface MessageHeaders
      Returns:
      an array of length ≥ 0
    • containsHeader

      public boolean containsHeader(String name)
      Tests if headers with the given name are contained within this group.

      Header name comparison is case insensitive.

      Specified by:
      containsHeader in interface MessageHeaders
      Parameters:
      name - the header name to test for
      Returns:
      true if at least one header with the name is contained, false otherwise
    • countHeaders

      public int countHeaders(String name)
      Checks if a certain header is present in this message and how many times.

      Header name comparison is case insensitive.

      Specified by:
      countHeaders in interface MessageHeaders
      Parameters:
      name - the header name to check for.
      Returns:
      number of occurrences of the header in the message.
    • headerIterator

      public Iterator<Header> headerIterator()
      Returns an iterator over this group of headers.
      Specified by:
      headerIterator in interface MessageHeaders
      Returns:
      iterator over this group of headers.
      Since:
      5.0
    • headerIterator

      public Iterator<Header> headerIterator(String name)
      Returns an iterator over the headers with a given name in this group.
      Specified by:
      headerIterator in interface MessageHeaders
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the headers over which to iterate, or null for all headers
      Returns:
      iterator over some headers in this group.
      Since:
      5.0
    • removeHeaders

      public boolean removeHeaders(String name)
      Removes all headers with a given name in this group.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the headers to be removed.
      Returns:
      true if any header was removed as a result of this call.
      Since:
      5.0
    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object