javax.ws.rs.core
Class Link.Builder

java.lang.Object
  javax.ws.rs.core.Link.Builder

Enclosing class:

Link

public static class Link.Builder
extends Object

Builder class for hypermedia links.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

Link

Constructor Summary

Link.Builder()

Method Summary

Link	build() Finish building this link and return the instance.
Link	build(Object... values) Finish building this link using the supplied values as URI parameters.
Link.Builder	param(String name, String value) Set an arbitrary parameter on this link.
Link.Builder	rel(String rel) Convenience method to set a link relation.
Link.Builder	title(String title) Convenience method to set a "title" on this link.
Link.Builder	type(String type) Convenience method to set a "type" on this link.
Link.Builder	uri(String uri) Set underlying string representing URI template for the link being constructed.
Link.Builder	uri(URI uri) Set underlying URI template for the link being constructed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Link.Builder

public Link.Builder()

Method Detail

uri

public Link.Builder uri(URI uri)

Set underlying URI template for the link being constructed.

Parameters:

uri - underlying URI for link

Returns:

the updated builder.

uri

public Link.Builder uri(String uri)
                 throws IllegalArgumentException

Set underlying string representing URI template for the link being constructed.

Parameters:

uri - underlying URI for link.

Returns:

the updated builder.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if string representation of URI is invalid.

rel

public Link.Builder rel(String rel)

Convenience method to set a link relation. More than one "rel" value can be specified by using one or more whitespace characters as delimiters according to RFC 5988. The effect of calling this method is cumulative; relations are appended using a single space character as separator.

Parameters:

rel - relation name.

Returns:

the updated builder.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null.

title

public Link.Builder title(String title)

Convenience method to set a "title" on this link.

Parameters:

title - title parameter of this link.

Returns:

the updated builder.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the title is null.

type

public Link.Builder type(String type)

Convenience method to set a "type" on this link.

Parameters:

type - type parameter of this link.

Returns:

the updated builder.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the type is null.

param

public Link.Builder param(String name,
                          String value)
                   throws IllegalArgumentException

Set an arbitrary parameter on this link.

Parameters:

name - the name of the parameter.

value - the value set for the parameter.

Returns:

the updated builder.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if either the name or value are null.

build

public Link build()

Finish building this link and return the instance.

Returns:

newly built link.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if there are any URI template parameters without a supplied value.

UriBuilderException - if a URI cannot be constructed based on the current state of the builder.

build

public Link build(Object... values)
           throws UriBuilderException

Finish building this link using the supplied values as URI parameters.

Parameters:

values - parameters used to build underlying URI.

Returns:

the updated builder.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if there are any URI template parameters without a supplied value, or if a value is null.

UriBuilderException - if a URI cannot be constructed based on the current state of the underlying URI builder.