MatchingEntityTag (Jersey 3.1.0-M2 API)

java.lang.Object
- jakarta.ws.rs.core.EntityTag
- - org.glassfish.jersey.message.internal.MatchingEntityTag

```
public class MatchingEntityTag
extends jakarta.ws.rs.core.EntityTag
```
A matching entity tag.
Note that this type and it's super type cannot be used to create request header values for If-Match and If-None-Match of the form If-Match: * or If-None-Match: * as * is not a valid entity tag.

Author:

Paul Sandoz, Marek Potociar

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static Set<MatchingEntityTag> ANY_MATCH
An empty set that corresponds to If-Match: * or If-None-Match: *.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`MatchingEntityTag(String value)`	Create new strongly validating entity tag.
`MatchingEntityTag(String value, boolean weak)`	Create new matching entity tag.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static MatchingEntityTag`	`valueOf(HttpHeaderReader reader)`	Create new matching entity tag out of provided header reader.

Methods inherited from class jakarta.ws.rs.core.EntityTag
equals, getValue, hashCode, isWeak, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - ANY_MATCH
```
public static final Set<MatchingEntityTag> ANY_MATCH
```
    An empty set that corresponds to If-Match: * or If-None-Match: *.
- Constructor Detail
  - MatchingEntityTag
```
public MatchingEntityTag(String value)
```
    Create new strongly validating entity tag.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - ETag header value.
  - MatchingEntityTag
```
public MatchingEntityTag(String value,
                         boolean weak)
```
    Create new matching entity tag.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - ETag header value.
    
    weak - should be set to false, if strong validation is required, otherwise should be set to true.
- Method Detail
  - valueOf
```
public static MatchingEntityTag valueOf(HttpHeaderReader reader)
                                 throws ParseException
```
    Create new matching entity tag out of provided header reader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - HTTP header content reader.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new matching entity tag.
    
    Throws:
    
    ParseException - in case the header could not be parsed.