com.noelios.restlet.http
Class HeaderReader

java.lang.Object
  com.noelios.restlet.http.HeaderReader

Direct Known Subclasses:

CookieReader, PreferenceReader

public class HeaderReader
extends Object

HTTP-style header reader.

Author:

Jerome Louvel

Constructor Summary

HeaderReader(String header)
Constructor.

Method Summary

protected void	appendQuotedString(Appendable buffer) Appends the next quoted string.
protected boolean	isLinearWhiteSpace(int character) Indicates if the given character is a value separator.
protected boolean	isValueSeparator(int character) Indicates if the given character is a value separator.
int	read() Reads the next character.
protected String	readQuotedString() Reads the next quoted string.
String	readValue() Read the next value of a multi-value header.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HeaderReader

public HeaderReader(String header)

Constructor.

Parameters:

header - The header to read.

Method Detail

appendQuotedString

protected void appendQuotedString(Appendable buffer)
                           throws IOException

Appends the next quoted string.

Parameters:

buffer - The buffer to append.

Throws:

IOException

isLinearWhiteSpace

protected boolean isLinearWhiteSpace(int character)

Indicates if the given character is a value separator.

Parameters:

character - The character to test.

Returns:

True if the given character is a value separator.

isValueSeparator

protected boolean isValueSeparator(int character)

Indicates if the given character is a value separator.

Parameters:

character - The character to test.

Returns:

True if the given character is a value separator.

read

public int read()

Reads the next character.

Returns:

The next character.

readQuotedString

protected String readQuotedString()
                           throws IOException

Reads the next quoted string.

Returns:

The next quoted string.

Throws:

IOException

readValue

public String readValue()

Read the next value of a multi-value header. It skips separator commas and spaces.

Returns:

The next value or null.

See Also:

HTTP parsing rule