javax.xml.soap

Class MimeHeaders

public class MimeHeaders extends Object

A container for MimeHeader objects, which represent the MIME headers present in a MIME part of a message.

This class is used primarily when an application wants to retrieve specific attachments based on certain MIME headers and values. This class will most likely be used by implementations of AttachmentPart and other MIME dependent parts of the JAXM API.

See Also: SOAPMessage.getAttachments() AttachmentPart

Constructor Summary
MimeHeaders()
Constructs a default MimeHeaders object initialized with an empty Vector object.
Method Summary
voidaddHeader(String name, String value)
Adds a MimeHeader object with the specified name and value to this MimeHeaders object's list of headers.
IteratorgetAllHeaders()
Returns all the headers in this MimeHeaders object.
String[]getHeader(String name)
Returns all of the values for the specified header as an array of String objects.
IteratorgetMatchingHeaders(String[] names)
Returns all the MimeHeader objects whose name matches a name in the given array of names.
IteratorgetNonMatchingHeaders(String[] names)
Returns all of the MimeHeader objects whose name does not match a name in the given array of names.
voidremoveAllHeaders()
Removes all the header entries from this MimeHeaders object.
voidremoveHeader(String name)
Remove all MimeHeader objects whose name matches the the given name.
voidsetHeader(String name, String value)
Replaces the current value of the first header entry whose name matches the given name with the given value, adding a new header if no existing header name matches.

Constructor Detail

MimeHeaders

public MimeHeaders()
Constructs a default MimeHeaders object initialized with an empty Vector object.

Method Detail

addHeader

public void addHeader(String name, String value)
Adds a MimeHeader object with the specified name and value to this MimeHeaders object's list of headers.

Note that RFC822 headers can contain only US-ASCII characters.

Parameters: name a String with the name of the header to be added value a String with the value of the header to be added

Throws: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if there was a problem in the mime header name or value being added

getAllHeaders

public Iterator getAllHeaders()
Returns all the headers in this MimeHeaders object.

Returns: an Iterator object over this MimeHeaders object's list of MimeHeader objects

getHeader

public String[] getHeader(String name)
Returns all of the values for the specified header as an array of String objects.

Parameters: name the name of the header for which values will be returned

Returns: a String array with all of the values for the specified header

See Also: setHeader(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

getMatchingHeaders

public Iterator getMatchingHeaders(String[] names)
Returns all the MimeHeader objects whose name matches a name in the given array of names.

Parameters: names an array of String objects with the names for which to search

Returns: an Iterator object over the MimeHeader objects whose name matches one of the names in the given list

getNonMatchingHeaders

public Iterator getNonMatchingHeaders(String[] names)
Returns all of the MimeHeader objects whose name does not match a name in the given array of names.

Parameters: names an array of String objects with the names for which to search

Returns: an Iterator object over the MimeHeader objects whose name does not match one of the names in the given list

removeAllHeaders

public void removeAllHeaders()
Removes all the header entries from this MimeHeaders object.

removeHeader

public void removeHeader(String name)
Remove all MimeHeader objects whose name matches the the given name.

Parameters: name a String with the name of the header for which to search

setHeader

public void setHeader(String name, String value)
Replaces the current value of the first header entry whose name matches the given name with the given value, adding a new header if no existing header name matches. This method also removes all matching headers after the first one.

Note that RFC822 headers can contain only US-ASCII characters.

Parameters: name a String with the name of the header for which to search value a String with the value that will replace the current value of the specified header

Throws: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if there was a problem in the mime header name or the value being set

See Also: getHeader(java.lang.String)