org.eclipse.lyo.oslc4j.utils

Class AcceptUtil

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.lyo.oslc4j.utils.AcceptUtil

public class AcceptUtil
extends Object

Utilities for matching media types from an HTTP Accept header. Note it is usually better if using Wink to annotate methods with Produces and let JAX-RS process the Accept header for you, but in some contexts, it's not possible.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType[]	OSLC_ACCEPTABLE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AcceptUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType	matchMediaType(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) Matches requested media types against OSLC_ACCEPTABLE media types.
static javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType	matchMediaType(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType[] acceptable) Matches requested media types against a list of acceptable media types.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

OSLC_ACCEPTABLE

public static final javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType[] OSLC_ACCEPTABLE

Constructor Detail

AcceptUtil

public AcceptUtil()

Method Detail

matchMediaType

public static javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType matchMediaType(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Matches requested media types against OSLC_ACCEPTABLE media types.

Parameters:

request - the HTTP request

Returns:

A matching media type, or null if none match. If there is no Accept header, returns OslcMediaType.APPLICATION_RDF_XML_TYPE.

matchMediaType

public static javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType matchMediaType(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                                        javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType[] acceptable)

Matches requested media types against a list of acceptable media types.

Parameters:

request - the HTTP request

acceptable - a list of acceptable media types in order of preference

Returns:

A matching media type, or null if none match. If there is no Accept header, returns the first media type in acceptable.