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013package org.apache.juneau.http;
014
015/**
016 * Represents a parsed <l>Range</l> HTTP request header.
017 * 
018 * <p>
019 * Request only part of an entity. Bytes are numbered from 0.
020 * 
021 * <h5 class='figure'>Example</h5>
022 * <p class='bcode'>
023 *    Range: bytes=500-999
024 * </p>
025 * 
026 * <h5 class='topic'>RFC2616 Specification</h5>
027 * 
028 * Since all HTTP entities are represented in HTTP messages as sequences of bytes, the concept of a byte range is
029 * meaningful for any HTTP entity.
030 * (However, not all clients and servers need to support byte- range operations.)
031 * 
032 * <p>
033 * Byte range specifications in HTTP apply to the sequence of bytes in the entity-body (not necessarily the same as the
034 * message-body).
035 * 
036 * <p>
037 * A byte range operation MAY specify a single range of bytes, or a set of ranges within a single entity.
038 * <p class='bcode'>
039 *    ranges-specifier = byte-ranges-specifier
040 *    byte-ranges-specifier = bytes-unit "=" byte-range-set
041 *    byte-range-set  = 1#( byte-range-spec | suffix-byte-range-spec )
042 *    byte-range-spec = first-byte-pos "-" [last-byte-pos]
043 *    first-byte-pos  = 1*DIGIT
044 *    last-byte-pos   = 1*DIGIT
045 * </p>
046 * 
047 * <p>
048 * The first-byte-pos value in a byte-range-spec gives the byte-offset of the first byte in a range.
049 * The last-byte-pos value gives the byte-offset of the last byte in the range; that is, the byte positions specified
050 * are inclusive.
051 * Byte offsets start at zero.
052 * 
053 * <p>
054 * If the last-byte-pos value is present, it MUST be greater than or equal to the first-byte-pos in that
055 * byte-range-spec, or the byte- range-spec is syntactically invalid.
056 * The recipient of a byte-range- set that includes one or more syntactically invalid byte-range-spec values MUST
057 * ignore the header field that includes that byte-range-set.
058 * 
059 * <p>
060 * If the last-byte-pos value is absent, or if the value is greater than or equal to the current length of the
061 * entity-body, last-byte-pos is taken to be equal to one less than the current length of the entity-body in bytes.
062 * 
063 * <p>
064 * By its choice of last-byte-pos, a client can limit the number of bytes retrieved without knowing the size of the
065 * entity.
066 * <p class='bcode'>
067 *    suffix-byte-range-spec = "-" suffix-length
068 *    suffix-length = 1*DIGIT
069 * </p>
070 * 
071 * <p>
072 * A suffix-byte-range-spec is used to specify the suffix of the entity-body, of a length given by the suffix-length
073 * value.
074 * (That is, this form specifies the last N bytes of an entity-body.)
075 * If the entity is shorter than the specified suffix-length, the entire entity-body is used.
076 * 
077 * <p>
078 * If a syntactically valid byte-range-set includes at least one byte- range-spec whose first-byte-pos is less than the
079 * current length of the entity-body, or at least one suffix-byte-range-spec with a non-zero suffix-length, then the
080 * byte-range-set is satisfiable.
081 * Otherwise, the byte-range-set is unsatisfiable.
082 * If the byte-range-set is unsatisfiable, the server SHOULD return a response with a status of 416 (Requested range
083 * not satisfiable).
084 * Otherwise, the server SHOULD return a response with a status of 206 (Partial Content) containing the satisfiable
085 * ranges of the entity-body.
086 * 
087 * <p>
088 * Examples of byte-ranges-specifier values (assuming an entity-body of length 10000):
089 * <p class='bcode'>
090 *    - The first 500 bytes (byte offsets 0-499, inclusive):  bytes=0-499
091 *    - The second 500 bytes (byte offsets 500-999, inclusive):  bytes=500-999
092 *    - The final 500 bytes (byte offsets 9500-9999, inclusive):  bytes=-500
093 *    - Or bytes=9500-
094 *    - The first and last bytes only (bytes 0 and 9999):  bytes=0-0,-1
095 *    - Several legal but not canonical specifications of the second 500 bytes (byte offsets 500-999, inclusive):
096 *       bytes=500-600,601-999
097 *       bytes=500-700,601-999
098 * </p>
099 * 
100 * <p>
101 * HTTP retrieval requests using conditional or unconditional GET methods MAY request one or more sub-ranges of the
102 * entity, instead of the entire entity, using the Range request header, which applies to the entity returned as the
103 * result of the request:
104 * 
105 * <p class='bcode'>
106 *    Range = "Range" ":" ranges-specifier
107 * </p>
108 * 
109 * <p>
110 * A server MAY ignore the Range header.
111 * However, HTTP/1.1 origin servers and intermediate caches ought to support byte ranges when possible, since Range
112 * supports efficient recovery from partially failed transfers, and supports efficient partial retrieval of large
113 * entities.
114 * 
115 * <p>
116 * If the server supports the Range header and the specified range or ranges are appropriate for the entity:
117 * <ul>
118 *    <li>The presence of a Range header in an unconditional GET modifies what is returned if the GET is otherwise
119 *       successful.
120 *       In other words, the response carries a status code of 206 (Partial Content) instead of 200 (OK).
121 *    <li>The presence of a Range header in a conditional GET (a request using one or both of If-Modified-Since and
122 *       If-None-Match, or one or both of If-Unmodified-Since and If-Match) modifies what is returned if the GET is
123 *       otherwise successful and the condition is true. It does not affect the 304 (Not Modified) response returned if
124 *       the conditional is false.
125 * </ul>
126 * 
127 * <p>
128 * In some cases, it might be more appropriate to use the If-Range header (see section 14.27) in addition to the Range
129 * header.
130 * 
131 * <p>
132 * If a proxy that supports ranges receives a Range request, forwards the request to an inbound server, and receives an
133 * entire entity in reply, it SHOULD only return the requested range to its client.
134 * It SHOULD store the entire received response in its cache if that is consistent with its cache allocation policies.
135 * 
136 * <h5 class='section'>See Also:</h5>
137 * <ul class='doctree'>
138 *    <li class='extlink'><a class='doclink' href='https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html'>Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1</a>
139 * </ul>
140 */
141public final class Range extends HeaderString {
142
143   /**
144    * Returns a parsed <code>Range</code> header.
145    * 
146    * @param value The <code>Range</code> header string.
147    * @return The parsed <code>Range</code> header, or <jk>null</jk> if the string was null.
148    */
149   public static Range forString(String value) {
150      if (value == null)
151         return null;
152      return new Range(value);
153   }
154
155   private Range(String value) {
156      super(value);
157   }
158}