Package org.restlet.engine.header

Class PreferenceReader<T extends Metadata>

java.lang.Object

org.restlet.engine.header.HeaderReader<Preference<T>>

org.restlet.engine.header.PreferenceReader<T>

public class PreferenceReader<T extends Metadata>
extends HeaderReader<Preference<T>>

Preference header reader. Works for character sets, encodings, languages or media types.

Author:

Jerome Louvel

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final int	TYPE_CHARACTER_SET
static final int	TYPE_ENCODING
static final int	TYPE_LANGUAGE
static final int	TYPE_MEDIA_TYPE
static final int	TYPE_PATCH

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PreferenceReader(int type, String header)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	addCharacterSets(String acceptCharsetHeader, ClientInfo clientInfo)	Parses character set preferences from a header.
static void	addEncodings(String acceptEncodingHeader, ClientInfo clientInfo)	Parses encoding preferences from a header.
static void	addLanguages(String acceptLanguageHeader, ClientInfo clientInfo)	Adds language preferences from a header.
static void	addMediaTypes(String acceptMediaTypeHeader, ClientInfo clientInfo)	Parses media type preferences from a header.
static void	addPatches(String acceptPatchHeader, ClientInfo clientInfo)	Parses patch preferences from a header.
protected Preference<T>	createPreference(CharSequence metadata, Series<Parameter> parameters)	Creates a new preference.
protected Series<Parameter>	extractMediaParams(Series<Parameter> parameters)	Extract the media parameters.
protected float	extractQuality(Series<Parameter> parameters)	Extract the quality value.
static float	readQuality(String quality)	Parses a quality value. If the quality is invalid, an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
Preference<T>	readValue()	Read the next preference.

Methods inherited from class org.restlet.engine.header.HeaderReader

addValues, canAdd, createParameter, createParameter, mark, peek, read, readActualNamedValue, readComment, readDate, readDigits, readHeader, readHeader, readNamedValue, readParameter, readQuotedString, readRawText, readRawValue, readToken, readValues, reset, skipParameterSeparator, skipSpaces, skipValueSeparator, unread

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

TYPE_CHARACTER_SET

public static final int TYPE_CHARACTER_SET

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• Constant Field Values

TYPE_ENCODING

public static final int TYPE_ENCODING

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• Constant Field Values

TYPE_LANGUAGE

public static final int TYPE_LANGUAGE

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• Constant Field Values

TYPE_MEDIA_TYPE

public static final int TYPE_MEDIA_TYPE

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• Constant Field Values

TYPE_PATCH

public static final int TYPE_PATCH

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• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

PreferenceReader

public PreferenceReader(int type,
 String header)

Constructor.

Parameters:

type - The type of metadata read.

header - The header to read.

Method Details

addCharacterSets

public static void addCharacterSets(String acceptCharsetHeader,
 ClientInfo clientInfo)

Parses character set preferences from a header.

Parameters:

acceptCharsetHeader - The header to parse.

clientInfo - The client info to update.

addEncodings

public static void addEncodings(String acceptEncodingHeader,
 ClientInfo clientInfo)

Parses encoding preferences from a header.

Parameters:

acceptEncodingHeader - The header to parse.

clientInfo - The client info to update.

addLanguages

public static void addLanguages(String acceptLanguageHeader,
 ClientInfo clientInfo)

Adds language preferences from a header.

Parameters:

acceptLanguageHeader - The header to parse.

clientInfo - The client info to update.

addMediaTypes

public static void addMediaTypes(String acceptMediaTypeHeader,
 ClientInfo clientInfo)

Parses media type preferences from a header.

Parameters:

acceptMediaTypeHeader - The header to parse.

clientInfo - The client info to update.

addPatches

public static void addPatches(String acceptPatchHeader,
 ClientInfo clientInfo)

Parses patch preferences from a header.

Parameters:

acceptPatchHeader - The header to parse.

clientInfo - The client info to update.

readQuality

public static float readQuality(String quality)

Parses a quality value.
If the quality is invalid, an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.

Parameters:

quality - The quality value as a string.

Returns:

The parsed quality value as a float.

createPreference

protected Preference<T> createPreference(CharSequence metadata,
 Series<Parameter> parameters)

Creates a new preference.

Parameters:

metadata - The metadata name.

parameters - The parameters list.

Returns:

The new preference.

extractMediaParams

protected Series<Parameter> extractMediaParams(Series<Parameter> parameters)

Extract the media parameters. Only leave as the quality parameter if found. Modifies the parameters list.

Parameters:

parameters - All the preference parameters.

Returns:

The media parameters.

extractQuality

protected float extractQuality(Series<Parameter> parameters)

Extract the quality value. If the value is not found, 1 is returned.

Parameters:

parameters - The preference parameters.

Returns:

The quality value.

readValue

public Preference<T> readValue()
                        throws IOException

Read the next preference.

Overrides:

readValue in class HeaderReader<Preference<T extends Metadata>>

Returns:

The next preference.

Throws:

IOException