org.apache.juneau.http

Class ETag

java.lang.Object

org.apache.juneau.http.HeaderString

org.apache.juneau.http.ETag

@Header(value="ETag")
public final class ETag
extends HeaderString

Represents a parsed ETag HTTP response header.

An identifier for a specific version of a resource, often a message digest.

Example

ETag: "737060cd8c284d8af7ad3082f209582d"

RFC2616 Specification

The ETag response-header field provides the current value of the entity tag for the requested variant. The headers used with entity tags are described in sections 14.24, 14.26 and 14.44. The entity tag MAY be used for comparison with other entities from the same resource (see section 13.3.3).

ETag = "ETag" ":" entity-tag

Examples:

ETag: "xyzzy" ETag: W/"xyzzy" ETag: ""

• Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ETag	forString(String value) Returns a parsed ETag header.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.juneau.http.HeaderString

asString, eq, eqIC, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

forString

public static ETag forString(String value)

Returns a parsed ETag header.

Parameters:

value - The ETag header string.

Returns:

The parsed ETag header, or null if the string was null.