org.apache.juneau.http

Class TransferEncoding

java.lang.Object

org.apache.juneau.http.HeaderString

org.apache.juneau.http.TransferEncoding

@Header(value="Transfer-Encoding")
public final class TransferEncoding
extends HeaderString

Represents a parsed Transfer-Encoding HTTP response header.

The form of encoding used to safely transfer the entity to the user. Currently defined methods are: chunked, compress, deflate, gzip, identity.

Example

Transfer-Encoding: chunked

RFC2616 Specification

The Transfer-Encoding general-header field indicates what (if any) type of transformation has been applied to the message body in order to safely transfer it between the sender and the recipient. This differs from the content-coding in that the transfer-coding is a property of the message, not of the entity.

Transfer-Encoding = "Transfer-Encoding" ":" 1#transfer-coding

Transfer-codings are defined in section 3.6. An example is:

Transfer-Encoding: chunked

If multiple encodings have been applied to an entity, the transfer-codings MUST be listed in the order in which they were applied. Additional information about the encoding parameters MAY be provided by other entity-header fields not defined by this specification.

Many older HTTP/1.0 applications do not understand the Transfer-Encoding header.

• Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static TransferEncoding	forString(String value) Returns a parsed Transfer-Encoding 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 TransferEncoding forString(String value)

Returns a parsed Transfer-Encoding header.

Parameters:

value - The Transfer-Encoding header string.

Returns:

The parsed Transfer-Encoding header, or null if the string was null.