org.apache.http.message
Class BasicHeaderValueParser

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.http.message.BasicHeaderValueParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

HeaderValueParser

@Contract(threading=IMMUTABLE)
public class BasicHeaderValueParser
extends Object
implements HeaderValueParser

Basic implementation for parsing header values into elements. Instances of this class are stateless and thread-safe. Derived classes are expected to maintain these properties.

Since:

4.0

Field Summary

static BasicHeaderValueParser	DEFAULT Deprecated. (4.3) use INSTANCE
static BasicHeaderValueParser	INSTANCE

Constructor Summary

BasicHeaderValueParser()

Method Summary

protected HeaderElement	createHeaderElement(String name, String value, NameValuePair[] params) Creates a header element.
protected NameValuePair	createNameValuePair(String name, String value) Creates a name-value pair.
HeaderElement[]	parseElements(CharArrayBuffer buffer, ParserCursor cursor) Parses a header value into elements.
static HeaderElement[]	parseElements(String value, HeaderValueParser parser) Parses elements with the given parser.
HeaderElement	parseHeaderElement(CharArrayBuffer buffer, ParserCursor cursor) Parses a single header element.
static HeaderElement	parseHeaderElement(String value, HeaderValueParser parser) Parses an element with the given parser.
NameValuePair	parseNameValuePair(CharArrayBuffer buffer, ParserCursor cursor) Parses a name=value specification, where the = and value are optional.
NameValuePair	parseNameValuePair(CharArrayBuffer buffer, ParserCursor cursor, char[] delimiters) Deprecated. (4.4) use TokenParser
static NameValuePair	parseNameValuePair(String value, HeaderValueParser parser) Parses a name-value-pair with the given parser.
NameValuePair[]	parseParameters(CharArrayBuffer buffer, ParserCursor cursor) Parses a list of name-value pairs.
static NameValuePair[]	parseParameters(String value, HeaderValueParser parser) Parses parameters with the given parser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT

@Deprecated
public static final BasicHeaderValueParser DEFAULT

Deprecated. (4.3) use INSTANCE

A default instance of this class, for use as default or fallback. Note that BasicHeaderValueParser is not a singleton, there can be many instances of the class itself and of derived classes. The instance here provides non-customized, default behavior.

INSTANCE

public static final BasicHeaderValueParser INSTANCE

Constructor Detail

BasicHeaderValueParser

public BasicHeaderValueParser()

Method Detail

parseElements

public static HeaderElement[] parseElements(String value,
                                            HeaderValueParser parser)
                                     throws ParseException

Parses elements with the given parser.

Parameters:

value - the header value to parse

parser - the parser to use, or null for default

Returns:

array holding the header elements, never null

Throws:

ParseException - in case of a parsing error

parseElements

public HeaderElement[] parseElements(CharArrayBuffer buffer,
                                     ParserCursor cursor)

Description copied from interface: HeaderValueParser

Parses a header value into elements. Parse errors are indicated as RuntimeException.

Some HTTP headers (such as the set-cookie header) have values that can be decomposed into multiple elements. In order to be processed by this parser, such headers must be in the following form:

 header  = [ element ] *( "," [ element ] )
 element = name [ "=" [ value ] ] *( ";" [ param ] )
 param   = name [ "=" [ value ] ]

 name    = token
 value   = ( token | quoted-string )

 token         = 1*<any char except "=", ",", ";", <"> and
                       white space>
 quoted-string = <"> *( text | quoted-char ) <">
 text          = any char except <">
 quoted-char   = "\" char
 

Any amount of white space is allowed between any part of the header, element or param and is ignored. A missing value in any element or param will be stored as the empty String; if the "=" is also missing null will be stored instead.

Specified by:

parseElements in interface HeaderValueParser

Parameters:

buffer - buffer holding the header value to parse

cursor - the parser cursor containing the current position and the bounds within the buffer for the parsing operation

Returns:

an array holding all elements of the header value

parseHeaderElement

public static HeaderElement parseHeaderElement(String value,
                                               HeaderValueParser parser)
                                        throws ParseException

Parses an element with the given parser.

Parameters:

value - the header element to parse

parser - the parser to use, or null for default

Returns:

the parsed header element

Throws:

ParseException

parseHeaderElement

public HeaderElement parseHeaderElement(CharArrayBuffer buffer,
                                        ParserCursor cursor)

Description copied from interface: HeaderValueParser

Parses a single header element. A header element consist of a semicolon-separate list of name=value definitions.

Specified by:

parseHeaderElement in interface HeaderValueParser

Parameters:

buffer - buffer holding the element to parse

cursor - the parser cursor containing the current position and the bounds within the buffer for the parsing operation

Returns:

the parsed element

createHeaderElement

protected HeaderElement createHeaderElement(String name,
                                            String value,
                                            NameValuePair[] params)

Creates a header element. Called from parseHeaderElement(java.lang.String, org.apache.http.message.HeaderValueParser).

Returns:

a header element representing the argument

parseParameters

public static NameValuePair[] parseParameters(String value,
                                              HeaderValueParser parser)
                                       throws ParseException

Parses parameters with the given parser.

Parameters:

value - the parameter list to parse

parser - the parser to use, or null for default

Returns:

array holding the parameters, never null

Throws:

ParseException

parseParameters

public NameValuePair[] parseParameters(CharArrayBuffer buffer,
                                       ParserCursor cursor)

Description copied from interface: HeaderValueParser

Parses a list of name-value pairs. These lists are used to specify parameters to a header element. Parse errors are indicated as ParseException.

Specified by:

parseParameters in interface HeaderValueParser

Parameters:

buffer - buffer holding the name-value list to parse

cursor - the parser cursor containing the current position and the bounds within the buffer for the parsing operation

Returns:

an array holding all items of the name-value list

parseNameValuePair

public static NameValuePair parseNameValuePair(String value,
                                               HeaderValueParser parser)
                                        throws ParseException

Parses a name-value-pair with the given parser.

Parameters:

value - the NVP to parse

parser - the parser to use, or null for default

Returns:

the parsed name-value pair

Throws:

ParseException

parseNameValuePair

public NameValuePair parseNameValuePair(CharArrayBuffer buffer,
                                        ParserCursor cursor)

Description copied from interface: HeaderValueParser

Parses a name=value specification, where the = and value are optional.

Specified by:

parseNameValuePair in interface HeaderValueParser

Parameters:

buffer - the buffer holding the name-value pair to parse

cursor - the parser cursor containing the current position and the bounds within the buffer for the parsing operation

Returns:

the name-value pair, where the value is null if no value is specified

parseNameValuePair

@Deprecated
public NameValuePair parseNameValuePair(CharArrayBuffer buffer,
                                                   ParserCursor cursor,
                                                   char[] delimiters)

Deprecated. (4.4) use TokenParser

createNameValuePair

protected NameValuePair createNameValuePair(String name,
                                            String value)

Creates a name-value pair. Called from parseNameValuePair(java.lang.String, org.apache.http.message.HeaderValueParser).

Parameters:

name - the name

value - the value, or null

Returns:

a name-value pair representing the arguments