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+/*
+ * ResponseWrapper.java February 2001
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2001, Niall Gallagher <niallg@users.sf.net>
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+ * implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+ * permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.simpleframework.http;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * The <code>ResponseWrapper</code> object is used so that the original
+ * <code>Response</code> object can be wrapped in a filtering proxy
+ * object. This allows a container to interact with an implementation
+ * of this with overridden methods providing specific functionality.
+ * the <code>Response</code> object in a concurrent environment.
+ * <pre>
+ *
+ * public void handle(Request req, Response resp) {
+ * handler.handle(req, new ZipResponse(resp));
+ * }
+ *
+ * </pre>
+ * The above is an example of how the <code>ResponseWrapper</code> can
+ * be used to provide extra functionality to a <code>Response</code>
+ * in a transparent manner. Such an implementation could apply a
+ * Content-Encoding header and compress the response for performance
+ * over a slow network. Filtering can be applied with the use of
+ * layered <code>Container</code> objects.
+ *
+ * @author Niall Gallagher
+ *
+ * @see org.simpleframework.http.core.Container
+ */
+public class ResponseWrapper implements Response {
+
+ /**
+ * This is the response instance that is being wrapped.
+ */
+ protected Response response;
+
+ /**
+ * Constructor for <code>ResponseWrapper</code> object. This allows
+ * the original <code>Response</code> object to be wrapped so that
+ * adjustments to the behavior of a request object handed to the
+ * container can be provided by a subclass implementation.
+ *
+ * @param response the response object that is being wrapped
+ */
+ public ResponseWrapper(Response response){
+ this.response = response;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This represents the status code of the HTTP response.
+ * The response code represents the type of message that is
+ * being sent to the client. For a description of the codes
+ * see RFC 2616 section 10, Status Code Definitions.
+ *
+ * @return the status code that this HTTP response has
+ */
+ public int getCode() {
+ return response.getCode();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This method allows the status for the response to be
+ * changed. This MUST be reflected the the response content
+ * given to the client. For a description of the codes see
+ * RFC 2616 section 10, Status Code Definitions.
+ *
+ * @param code the new status code for the HTTP response
+ */
+ public void setCode(int code) {
+ response.setCode(code);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to retrieve the text of a HTTP status
+ * line. This is the text description for the status code.
+ * This should match the status code specified by the RFC.
+ *
+ * @return the message description of the response
+ */
+ public String getDescription() {
+ return response.getDescription();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is used to set the text of the HTTP status line.
+ * This should match the status code specified by the RFC.
+ *
+ * @param text the descriptive text message of the status
+ */
+ public void setDescription(String text) {
+ response.setDescription(text);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is used to acquire the status from the response.
+ * The <code>Status</code> object returns represents the
+ * code that has been set on the response, it does not
+ * necessarily represent the description in the response.
+ *
+ * @return this is the response for this status line
+ */
+ public Status getStatus() {
+ return response.getStatus();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is used to set the status code and description
+ * for this response. Setting the code and description in
+ * this manner provides a much more convenient way to set
+ * the response status line details.
+ *
+ * @param status this is the status to set on the response
+ */
+ public void setStatus(Status status) {
+ response.setStatus(status);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to get the major number from a HTTP version.
+ * The major version corresponds to the major type that is the 1
+ * of a HTTP/1.0 version string.
+ *
+ * @return the major version number for the request message
+ */
+ public int getMajor() {
+ return response.getMajor();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to set the major number from a HTTP version.
+ * The major version corresponds to the major type that is the 1
+ * of a HTTP/1.0 version string.
+ *
+ * @param major the major version number for the request message
+ */
+ public void setMajor(int major) {
+ response.setMajor(major);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to get the minor number from a HTTP version.
+ * The minor version corresponds to the major type that is the 0
+ * of a HTTP/1.0 version string. This is used to determine if
+ * the request message has keep alive semantics.
+ *
+ * @return the minor version number for the request message
+ */
+ public int getMinor() {
+ return response.getMinor();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to get the minor number from a HTTP version.
+ * The minor version corresponds to the major type that is the 0
+ * of a HTTP/1.0 version string. This is used to determine if
+ * the request message has keep alive semantics.
+ *
+ * @param minor the minor version number for the request message
+ */
+ public void setMinor(int minor) {
+ response.setMinor(minor);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This represents the time at which the response has fully written.
+ * Because the response is delivered asynchronously to the client
+ * this response time does not represent the time to last byte.
+ * It simply represents the time at which the response has been
+ * fully generated and written to the output buffer or queue. This
+ * returns zero if the response has not finished.
+ *
+ * @return this is the time taken to complete the response
+ */
+ public long getResponseTime() {
+ return response.getResponseTime();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is used to acquire the names of the of the headers that
+ * have been set in the response. This can be used to acquire all
+ * header values by name that have been set within the response.
+ * If no headers have been set this will return an empty list.
+ *
+ * @return a list of strings representing the set header names
+ */
+ public List<String> getNames() {
+ return response.getNames();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to add a HTTP message header to this object.
+ * The name and value of the HTTP message header will be used to
+ * create a HTTP message header object which can be retrieved using
+ * the <code>getValue</code> in combination with the get methods.
+ *
+ * @param name the name of the HTTP message header to be added
+ * @param value the value the HTTP message header will have
+ */
+ public void addValue(String name, String value) {
+ response.addValue(name, value);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to add a HTTP message header to this object.
+ * The name and value of the HTTP message header will be used to
+ * create a HTTP message header object which can be retrieved using
+ * the <code>getInteger</code> in combination with the get methods.
+ *
+ * @param name the name of the HTTP message header to be added
+ * @param value the value the HTTP message header will have
+ */
+ public void addInteger(String name, int value) {
+ response.addInteger(name, value);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is used as a convenience method for adding a header that
+ * needs to be parsed into a HTTPdate string. This will convert
+ * the date given into a date string defined in RFC 2616 sec 3.3.1.
+ *
+ * @param name the name of the HTTP message header to be added
+ * @param date the value constructed as an RFC 1123 date string
+ */
+ public void addDate(String name, long date) {
+ response.addDate(name, date);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to set a HTTP message header to this object.
+ * The name and value of the HTTP message header will be used to
+ * create a HTTP message header object which can be retrieved using
+ * the <code>getValue</code> in combination with the get methods.
+ * This will perform a <code>remove</code> using the issued header
+ * name before the header value is set.
+ *
+ * @param name the name of the HTTP message header to be added
+ * @param value the value the HTTP message header will have
+ */
+ public void setValue(String name, String value) {
+ response.setValue(name, value);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to set a HTTP message header to this object.
+ * The name and value of the HTTP message header will be used to
+ * create a HTTP message header object which can be retrieved using
+ * the <code>getValue</code> in combination with the get methods.
+ * This will perform a <code>remove</code> using the issued header
+ * name before the header value is set.
+ *
+ * @param name the name of the HTTP message header to be added
+ * @param value the value the HTTP message header will have
+ */
+ public void setInteger(String name, int value) {
+ response.setInteger(name, value);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to set a HTTP message header to this object.
+ * The name and value of the HTTP message header will be used to
+ * create a HTTP message header object which can be retrieved using
+ * the <code>getValue</code> in combination with the get methods.
+ * This will perform a <code>remove</code> using the issued header
+ * name before the header value is set.
+ *
+ * @param name the name of the HTTP message header to be added
+ * @param value the value the HTTP message header will have
+ */
+ public void setLong(String name, long value) {
+ response.setLong(name, value);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is used as a convenience method for adding a header that
+ * needs to be parsed into a HTTP date string. This will convert
+ * the date given into a date string defined in RFC 2616 sec 3.3.1.
+ * This will perform a <code>remove</code> using the issued header
+ * name before the header value is set.
+ *
+ * @param name the name of the HTTP message header to be added
+ * @param date the value constructed as an RFC 1123 date string
+ */
+ public void setDate(String name, long date) {
+ response.setDate(name, date);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to get the value of the first message header
+ * that has the specified name. This will return the full string
+ * representing the named header value. If the named header does
+ * not exist then this will return a null value.
+ *
+ * @param name the HTTP message header to get the value from
+ *
+ * @return this returns the value that the HTTP message header
+ */
+ public String getValue(String name) {
+ return response.getValue(name);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to get the value of the first message header
+ * that has the specified name. This will return the full string
+ * representing the named header value. If the named header does
+ * not exist then this will return a null value.
+ *
+ * @param name the HTTP message header to get the value from
+ * @param index used if there are multiple headers present
+ *
+ * @return this returns the value that the HTTP message header
+ */
+ public String getValue(String name, int index) {
+ return response.getValue(name, index);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to get the value of the first message header
+ * that has the specified name. This will return the integer
+ * representing the named header value. If the named header does
+ * not exist then this will return a value of minus one, -1.
+ *
+ * @param name the HTTP message header to get the value from
+ *
+ * @return this returns the value that the HTTP message header
+ */
+ public int getInteger(String name) {
+ return response.getInteger(name);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to get the value of the first message header
+ * that has the specified name. This will return the long value
+ * representing the named header value. If the named header does
+ * not exist then this will return a value of minus one, -1.
+ *
+ * @param name the HTTP message header to get the value from
+ *
+ * @return this returns the value that the HTTP message header
+ */
+ public long getDate(String name) {
+ return response.getDate(name);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to get the values of HTTP message headers
+ * that have the specified name. This is a convenience method that
+ * will present that values as tokens extracted from the header.
+ * This has obvious performance benefits as it avoids having to
+ * deal with <code>substring</code> and <code>trim</code> calls.
+ * <p>
+ * The tokens returned by this method are ordered according to
+ * there HTTP quality values, or "q" values, see RFC 2616 section
+ * 3.9. This also strips out the quality parameter from tokens
+ * returned. So "image/html; q=0.9" results in "image/html". If
+ * there are no "q" values present then order is by appearance.
+ * <p>
+ * The result from this is either the trimmed header value, that
+ * is, the header value with no leading or trailing whitespace
+ * or an array of trimmed tokens ordered with the most preferred
+ * in the lower indexes, so index 0 is has highest preference.
+ *
+ * @param name the name of the headers that are to be retrieved
+ *
+ * @return ordered list of tokens extracted from the header(s)
+ */
+ public List<String> getValues(String name) {
+ return response.getValues(name);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * The <code>setCookie</code> method is used to set a cookie value
+ * with the cookie name. This will add a cookie to the response
+ * stored under the name of the cookie, when this is committed it
+ * will be added as a Set-Cookie header to the resulting response.
+ *
+ * @param cookie this is the cookie to be added to the response
+ *
+ * @return returns the cookie that has been set in the response
+ */
+ public Cookie setCookie(Cookie cookie) {
+ return response.setCookie(cookie);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * The <code>setCookie</code> method is used to set a cookie value
+ * with the cookie name. This will add a cookie to the response
+ * stored under the name of the cookie, when this is committed it
+ * will be added as a Set-Cookie header to the resulting response.
+ * This is a convenience method that avoids cookie creation.
+ *
+ * @param name this is the cookie to be added to the response
+ * @param value this is the cookie value that is to be used
+ *
+ * @return returns the cookie that has been set in the response
+ */
+ public Cookie setCookie(String name, String value) {
+ return response.setCookie(name, value);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This returns the <code>Cookie</code> object stored under the
+ * specified name. This is used to retrieve cookies that have been
+ * set with the <code>setCookie</code> methods. If the cookie does
+ * not exist under the specified name this will return null.
+ *
+ * @param name this is the name of the cookie to be retrieved
+ *
+ * @return returns the cookie object send with the request
+ */
+ public Cookie getCookie(String name) {
+ return response.getCookie(name);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This returns all <code>Cookie</code> objects stored under the
+ * specified name. This is used to retrieve cookies that have been
+ * set with the <code>setCookie</code> methods. If there are no
+ * cookies then this will return an empty list.
+ *
+ * @return returns all the cookie objects for this response
+ */
+ public List<Cookie> getCookies() {
+ return response.getCookies();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is a convenience method that can be used to determine the
+ * content type of the message body. This will determine whether
+ * there is a <code>Content-Type</code> header, if there is then
+ * this will parse that header and represent it as a typed object
+ * which will expose the various parts of the HTTP header.
+ *
+ * @return this returns the content type value if it exists
+ */
+ public ContentType getContentType() {
+ return response.getContentType();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is a convenience method that can be used to determine the
+ * content type of the message body. This will determine whether
+ * there is a <code>Transfer-Encoding</code> header, if there is
+ * then this will parse that header and return the first token in
+ * the comma separated list of values, which is the primary value.
+ *
+ * @return this returns the transfer encoding value if it exists
+ */
+ public String getTransferEncoding() {
+ return response.getTransferEncoding();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is a convenience method that can be used to determine
+ * the length of the message body. This will determine if there
+ * is a <code>Content-Length</code> header, if it does then the
+ * length can be determined, if not then this returns -1.
+ *
+ * @return content length, or -1 if it cannot be determined
+ */
+ public long getContentLength() {
+ return response.getContentLength();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This should be used when the size of the message body is known. For
+ * performance reasons this should be used so the length of the output
+ * is known. This ensures that Persistent HTTP (PHTTP) connections
+ * can be maintained for both HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 clients. If the
+ * length of the output is not known HTTP/1.0 clients will require a
+ * connection close, which reduces performance (see RFC 2616).
+ * <p>
+ * This removes any previous Content-Length headers from the message
+ * header. This will then set the appropriate Content-Length header with
+ * the correct length. If a the Connection header is set with the close
+ * token then the semantics of the connection are such that the server
+ * will close it once the <code>OutputStream.close</code> is used.
+ *
+ * @param length this is the length of the HTTP message body
+ */
+ public void setContentLength(long length) {
+ response.setContentLength(length);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is used to set the content type for the response. Typically
+ * a response will contain a message body of some sort. This is used
+ * to conveniently set the type for that response. Setting the
+ * content type can also be done explicitly if desired.
+ *
+ * @param type this is the type that is to be set in the response
+ */
+ public void setContentType(String type) {
+ response.setContentType(type);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This method returns a <code>CharSequence</code> holding the header
+ * created for the request. A character sequence is returned as it
+ * can provide a much more efficient means of representing the header
+ * data by just wrapping the the data generated.
+ *
+ * @return this returns the characters generated for the header
+ */
+ public CharSequence getHeader() {
+ return response.getHeader();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Used to write a message body with the <code>Response</code>. The
+ * semantics of this <code>OutputStream</code> will be determined
+ * by the HTTP version of the client, and whether or not the content
+ * length has been set, through the <code>setContentLength</code>
+ * method. If the length of the output is not known then the output
+ * is chunked for HTTP/1.1 clients and closed for HTTP/1.0 clients.
+ * The <code>OutputStream</code> issued must be thread safe so that
+ * it can be used in a concurrent environment.
+ *
+ * @exception IOException this is thrown if there was an I/O error
+ *
+ * @return an output stream used to write the response body
+ */
+ public OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException {
+ return response.getOutputStream();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Used to write a message body with the <code>Response</code>. The
+ * semantics of this <code>OutputStream</code> will be determined
+ * by the HTTP version of the client, and whether or not the content
+ * length has been set, through the <code>setContentLength</code>
+ * method. If the length of the output is not known then the output
+ * is chunked for HTTP/1.1 clients and closed for HTTP/1.0 clients.
+ * The <code>OutputStream</code> issued must be thread safe so that
+ * it can be used in a concurrent environment.
+ * <p>
+ * This will ensure that there is buffering done so that the output
+ * can be reset using the <code>reset</code> method. This will
+ * enable the specified number of bytes to be written without
+ * committing the response. This specified size is the minimum size
+ * that the response buffer must be.
+ *
+ * @param size the minimum size that the response buffer must be
+ *
+ * @return an output stream used to write the response body
+ *
+ * @exception IOException this is thrown if there was an I/O error
+ */
+ public OutputStream getOutputStream(int size) throws IOException {
+ return response.getOutputStream(size);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This method is provided for convenience so that the HTTP content
+ * can be written using the <code>print</code> methods provided by
+ * the <code>PrintStream</code>. This will basically wrap the
+ * <code>getOutputStream</code> with a buffer size of zero.
+ * <p>
+ * The retrieved <code>PrintStream</code> uses the charset used to
+ * describe the content, with the Content-Type header. This will
+ * check the charset parameter of the contents MIME type. So if
+ * the Content-Type was <code>text/plain; charset=UTF-8</code> the
+ * resulting <code>PrintStream</code> would encode the written data
+ * using the UTF-8 encoding scheme. Care must be taken to ensure
+ * that bytes written to the stream are correctly encoded.
+ * <p>
+ * Implementations of the <code>Response</code> must guarantee
+ * that this can be invoked repeatedly without effecting any issued
+ * <code>OutputStream</code> or <code>PrintStream</code> object.
+ *
+ * @return a print stream used for writing the response body
+ *
+ * @exception IOException this is thrown if there was an I/O error
+ */
+ public PrintStream getPrintStream() throws IOException {
+ return response.getPrintStream();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This method is provided for convenience so that the HTTP content
+ * can be written using the <code>print</code> methods provided by
+ * the <code>PrintStream</code>. This will basically wrap the
+ * <code>getOutputStream</code> with a specified buffer size.
+ * <p>
+ * The retrieved <code>PrintStream</code> uses the charset used to
+ * describe the content, with the Content-Type header. This will
+ * check the charset parameter of the contents MIME type. So if
+ * the Content-Type was <code>text/plain; charset=UTF-8</code> the
+ * resulting <code>PrintStream</code> would encode the written data
+ * using the UTF-8 encoding scheme. Care must be taken to ensure
+ * that bytes written to the stream are correctly encoded.
+ * <p>
+ * Implementations of the <code>Response</code> must guarantee
+ * that this can be invoked repeatedly without effecting any issued
+ * <code>OutputStream</code> or <code>PrintStream</code> object.
+ *
+ * @param size the minimum size that the response buffer must be
+ *
+ * @return a print stream used for writing the response body
+ *
+ * @exception IOException this is thrown if there was an I/O error
+ */
+ public PrintStream getPrintStream(int size) throws IOException {
+ return response.getPrintStream(size);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Used to write a message body with the <code>Response</code>. The
+ * semantics of this <code>WritableByteChannel</code> are determined
+ * by the HTTP version of the client, and whether or not the content
+ * length has been set, through the <code>setContentLength</code>
+ * method. If the length of the output is not known then the output
+ * is chunked for HTTP/1.1 clients and closed for HTTP/1.0 clients.
+ *
+ * @return a writable byte channel used to write the message body
+ */
+ public WritableByteChannel getByteChannel() throws IOException {
+ return response.getByteChannel();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Used to write a message body with the <code>Response</code>. The
+ * semantics of this <code>WritableByteChannel</code> are determined
+ * by the HTTP version of the client, and whether or not the content
+ * length has been set, through the <code>setContentLength</code>
+ * method. If the length of the output is not known then the output
+ * is chunked for HTTP/1.1 clients and closed for HTTP/1.0 clients.
+ * <p>
+ * This will ensure that there is buffering done so that the output
+ * can be reset using the <code>reset</code> method. This will
+ * enable the specified number of bytes to be written without
+ * committing the response. This specified size is the minimum size
+ * that the response buffer must be.
+ *
+ * @param size the minimum size that the response buffer must be
+ *
+ * @return a writable byte channel used to write the message body
+ */
+ public WritableByteChannel getByteChannel(int size) throws IOException {
+ return response.getByteChannel(size);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is used to determine if the HTTP response message is a
+ * keep alive message or if the underlying socket was closed. Even
+ * if the client requests a connection keep alive and supports
+ * persistent connections, the response can still be closed by
+ * the server. This can be explicitly indicated by the presence
+ * of the <code>Connection</code> HTTP header, it can also be
+ * implicitly indicated by using version HTTP/1.0.
+ *
+ * @return this returns true if the connection was closed
+ */
+ public boolean isKeepAlive() {
+ return response.isKeepAlive();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to determine whether the <code>Response</code>
+ * has been committed. This is true if the <code>Response</code>
+ * was committed, either due to an explicit invocation of the
+ * <code>commit</code> method or due to the writing of content. If
+ * the <code>Response</code> has committed the <code>reset</code>
+ * method will not work in resetting content already written.
+ *
+ * @return true if the response has been fully committed
+ */
+ public boolean isCommitted() {
+ return response.isCommitted();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is used to write the headers that where given to the
+ * <code>Response</code>. Any further attempts to give headers
+ * to the <code>Response</code> will be futile as only the headers
+ * that were given at the time of the first commit will be used
+ * in the message header.
+ * <p>
+ * This also performs some final checks on the headers submitted.
+ * This is done to determine the optimal performance of the
+ * output. If no specific Connection header has been specified
+ * this will set the connection so that HTTP/1.0 closes by default.
+ *
+ * @exception IOException thrown if there was a problem writing
+ */
+ public void commit() throws IOException {
+ response.commit();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This can be used to determine whether the <code>Response</code>
+ * has been committed. This is true if the <code>Response</code>
+ * was committed, either due to an explicit invocation of the
+ * <code>commit</code> method or due to the writing of content. If
+ * the <code>Response</code> has committed the <code>reset</code>
+ * method will not work in resetting content already written.
+ *
+ * @throws IOException thrown if there is a problem resetting
+ */
+ public void reset() throws IOException {
+ response.reset();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is used to close the connection and commit the request.
+ * This provides the same semantics as closing the output stream
+ * and ensures that the HTTP response is committed. This will
+ * throw an exception if the response can not be committed.
+ *
+ * @throws IOException thrown if there is a problem writing
+ */
+ public void close() throws IOException {
+ response.close();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This method returns a string representing the header that was
+ * generated for this header. For performance reasons it is better
+ * to acquire the character sequence representing the header as it
+ * does not require the allocation on new memory.
+ *
+ * @return this returns a string representation of this response
+ */
+ public String toString() {
+ return response.toString();
+ }
+}