javax.ws.rs.core
Class EntityTag

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

MatchingEntityTag

public class EntityTag
extends Object

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

Since:

1.0

Author:

Paul Sandoz, Marc Hadley

See Also:

HTTP/1.1 section 3.11

Constructor Summary

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

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

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares obj to this tag to see if they are the same considering weakness and value.
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.
String	toString() Convert the entity tag to a string suitable for use as the value of the corresponding HTTP header.
static EntityTag	valueOf(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(String value)

Creates a new instance of a strong EntityTag.

Parameters:

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

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if value is null.

EntityTag

public EntityTag(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:

IllegalArgumentException - if value is null.

Method Detail

valueOf

public static EntityTag valueOf(String value)

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

Parameters:

value - the entity tag string.

Returns:

the newly created entity tag.

Throws:

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 String getValue()

Get the value of an EntityTag.

Returns:

the value of the tag.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

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

Overrides:

equals in class 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 Object

Returns:

the entity tag hash code.

toString

public String toString()

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

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string version of the entity tag.