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018package org.fcrepo.client;
019
020/**
021 * Constants for external content handling defined by the Fedora specification,
022 * used to determine how to process the external content URI.
023 *
024 * @author bbpennel
025 *
026 */
027public class ExternalContentHandling {
028
029    /**
030     * Requests that the server dereference the external content URI and treat that as if
031     * it were the entity body of the request.
032     */
033    public static final String COPY = "copy";
034
035    /**
036     * Requests that the server record the location of the external content and handle
037     * requests for that content using HTTP redirect responses with the Content-Location
038     * header specifying the external content location
039     */
040    public static final String REDIRECT = "redirect";
041
042    /**
043     * Requests that the server record the location of the external content and handle
044     * requests for that content by proxying.
045     */
046    public static final String PROXY = "proxy";
047
048    private ExternalContentHandling() {
049    }
050}