javax.ws.rs.core
Class EntityTag

java.lang.Object
  javax.ws.rs.core.EntityTag

public class EntityTag
extends java.lang.Object

An abstraction for the value of a HTTP Entity Tag, used as the value of an ETag response header.

See Also:

HTTP/1.1 section 3.11

Constructor Summary

EntityTag(java.lang.String value)
Creates a new instance of a strong EntityTag.

EntityTag(java.lang.String value, boolean weak)
Creates a new instance of an EntityTag

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Compares obj to this tag to see if they are the same considering weakness and value.
java.lang.String	getValue() Get the value of an EntityTag
int	hashCode() Generate hashCode based on value and weakness.
boolean	isWeak() Check the strength of an EntityTag
java.lang.String	toString() Convert the entity tag to a string suitable for use as the value of the corresponding HTTP header.
static EntityTag	valueOf(java.lang.String value) Creates a new instance of EntityTag by parsing the supplied string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EntityTag

public EntityTag(java.lang.String value)

Creates a new instance of a strong EntityTag.

Parameters:

value - the value of the tag, quotes not included.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if value is null

EntityTag

public EntityTag(java.lang.String value,
                 boolean weak)

Creates a new instance of an EntityTag

Parameters:

value - the value of the tag, quotes not included.

weak - true if this represents a weak tag, false otherwise

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if value is null

Method Detail

valueOf

public static EntityTag valueOf(java.lang.String value)
                         throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Creates a new instance of EntityTag by parsing the supplied string.

Parameters:

value - the entity tag string

Returns:

the newly created EntityTag

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the supplied string cannot be parsed or is null

isWeak

public boolean isWeak()

Check the strength of an EntityTag

Returns:

true if this represents a weak tag, false otherwise

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()

Get the value of an EntityTag

Returns:

the value of the tag

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Compares obj to this tag to see if they are the same considering weakness and value.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - the object to compare to

Returns:

true if the two tags are the same, false otherwise.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Generate hashCode based on value and weakness.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the hashCode

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Convert the entity tag to a string suitable for use as the value of the corresponding HTTP header.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a stringified entity tag