org.apache.sling.api.request

Class RequestUtil

java.lang.Object

org.apache.sling.api.request.RequestUtil

public class RequestUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Request related utility methods.

This class is not intended to be extended or instantiated because it just provides static utility methods not intended to be overwritten.

Since:

2.1 (Sling API Bundle 2.1.0)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RequestUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	getServletName(Servlet servlet) Utility method to return a name for the given servlet.
static boolean	handleIfModifiedSince(SlingHttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) Checks if the request contains a if-last-modified-since header and if the the request's underlying resource has a jcr:lastModified property.
static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Double>	parserAcceptHeader(java.lang.String value) Parses an Accept-* header of the form:
static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String>>	parserHeader(java.lang.String value) Parses a header of the form:
static java.lang.Object	setRequestAttribute(HttpServletRequest request, java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value) Sets the named request attribute to the new value and returns the previous value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RequestUtil

public RequestUtil()

Method Detail

parserHeader

public static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String>> parserHeader(java.lang.String value)

Parses a header of the form:

            Header = Token { "," Token } .
            Token = name { ";" Parameter } .
            Parameter = name [ "=" value ] .
 

"," and ";" are not allowed within name and value

Parameters:

value - The header value

Returns:

A Map indexed by the Token names where the values are Map instances indexed by parameter name

parserAcceptHeader

public static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Double> parserAcceptHeader(java.lang.String value)

Parses an Accept-* header of the form:

            Header = Token { "," Token } .
            Token = name { ";" "q" [ "=" value ] } .
            Parameter =  .
 

"," and ";" are not allowed within name and value

Parameters:

value - The header value

Returns:

A Map indexed by the Token names where the values are Double instances providing the value of the q parameter.

getServletName

public static java.lang.String getServletName(Servlet servlet)

Utility method to return a name for the given servlet. This method applies the following algorithm to find a non-null, non-empty name:

1. If the servlet has a servlet config, the servlet name from the servlet config is taken.
2. Otherwise check the servlet info
3. Otherwise use the fully qualified name of the servlet class

Parameters:

servlet - The servlet

Returns:

The name of the servlet.

setRequestAttribute

public static java.lang.Object setRequestAttribute(HttpServletRequest request,
                                                   java.lang.String name,
                                                   java.lang.Object value)

Sets the named request attribute to the new value and returns the previous value.

Parameters:

request - The request object whose attribute is to be set.

name - The name of the attribute to be set.

value - The new value of the attribute. If this is null the attribte is actually removed from the request.

Returns:

The previous value of the named request attribute or null if it was not set.

handleIfModifiedSince

public static boolean handleIfModifiedSince(SlingHttpServletRequest req,
                                            HttpServletResponse resp)

Checks if the request contains a if-last-modified-since header and if the the request's underlying resource has a jcr:lastModified property. if the properties were modified before the header a 304 is sent otherwise the response last modified header is set.

Parameters:

req - the request

resp - the response

Returns:

true if the response was set