org.apache.http.protocol
Class ResponseContent

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.http.protocol.ResponseContent
All Implemented Interfaces:
HttpResponseInterceptor

@Immutable
public class ResponseContent
extends Object
implements HttpResponseInterceptor

ResponseContent is the most important interceptor for outgoing responses. It is responsible for delimiting content length by adding Content-Length or Transfer-Content headers based on the properties of the enclosed entity and the protocol version. This interceptor is required for correct functioning of server side protocol processors.

Since:
4.0

Constructor Summary
ResponseContent()
          Default constructor.
ResponseContent(boolean overwrite)
          Constructor that can be used to fine-tune behavior of this interceptor.
 
Method Summary
 void process(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context)
          Processes the response (possibly updating or inserting) Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding headers.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ResponseContent

public ResponseContent()
Default constructor. The Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding will cause the interceptor to throw ProtocolException if already present in the response message.


ResponseContent

public ResponseContent(boolean overwrite)
Constructor that can be used to fine-tune behavior of this interceptor.

Parameters:
overwrite - If set to true the Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding headers will be created or updated if already present. If set to false the Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding headers will cause the interceptor to throw ProtocolException if already present in the response message.
Method Detail

process

public void process(HttpResponse response,
                    HttpContext context)
             throws HttpException,
                    IOException
Processes the response (possibly updating or inserting) Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding headers.

Specified by:
process in interface HttpResponseInterceptor
Parameters:
response - The HttpResponse to modify.
context - Unused.
Throws:
ProtocolException - If either the Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding headers are found.
IllegalArgumentException - If the response is null.
HttpException - in case of an HTTP protocol violation
IOException - in case of an I/O error


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