Package org.apache.tomcat.util.http.parser

Class HttpHeaderParser

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tomcat.util.http.parser.HttpHeaderParser

public class HttpHeaderParser
extends java.lang.Object

Parses HTTP request and response headers from a byte buffer.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static interface	HttpHeaderParser.HeaderDataSource	Provides access to the header data buffer for the parser.
static class	HttpHeaderParser.HeaderParsePosition	Possible parser positions during header parsing.
static class	HttpHeaderParser.HeaderParseStatus	Possible return values from parseHeader().

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HttpHeaderParser(HttpHeaderParser.HeaderDataSource source, MimeHeaders headers, boolean tolerantEol)	Creates a new header parser.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
HttpHeaderParser.HeaderParseStatus	parseHeader()	Parse an HTTP header.
void	recycle()	Resets the parser state for reuse.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HttpHeaderParser

public HttpHeaderParser(HttpHeaderParser.HeaderDataSource source,
                        MimeHeaders headers,
                        boolean tolerantEol)

Creates a new header parser.

Parameters:

source - The data source for header bytes

headers - The mime headers to populate

tolerantEol - Whether to tolerate non-standard line endings

Method Detail

recycle

public void recycle()

Resets the parser state for reuse.

parseHeader

public HttpHeaderParser.HeaderParseStatus parseHeader()
                                               throws java.io.IOException

Parse an HTTP header.

Returns:

One of HttpHeaderParser.HeaderParseStatus.NEED_MORE_DATA, HttpHeaderParser.HeaderParseStatus.HAVE_MORE_HEADERS or HttpHeaderParser.HeaderParseStatus.DONE.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an error occurs during the parsing of the headers