Class ResponseDate

java.lang.Object

org.apache.hc.core5.http.protocol.ResponseDate

All Implemented Interfaces:

HttpResponseInterceptor

@Contract(threading=SAFE)
public class ResponseDate
extends Object
implements HttpResponseInterceptor

This response interceptor is responsible for adding Date header to outgoing response messages.

This interceptor is recommended for the HTTP protocol conformance and the correct operation of the server-side message processing pipeline.

If the Date header is missing or considered invalid, and the alwaysReplace flag is set to true, the interceptor will replace it with the current system date and time.

Since:

4.0

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private final boolean	alwaysReplace	Indicates whether to always replace an invalid or missing Date header.
static final ResponseDate	INSTANCE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ResponseDate()
ResponseDate(boolean alwaysReplace)	Constructs a ResponseDate interceptor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	process(HttpResponse response, EntityDetails entity, HttpContext context)	Processes a response.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

alwaysReplace

private final boolean alwaysReplace

Indicates whether to always replace an invalid or missing Date header.

Since:

5.4

INSTANCE

public static final ResponseDate INSTANCE

Constructor Details

ResponseDate

public ResponseDate()

ResponseDate

public ResponseDate(boolean alwaysReplace)

Constructs a ResponseDate interceptor.

Parameters:

alwaysReplace - Whether to replace an invalid Date header. If true, the interceptor will replace any detected invalid Date header with a valid value.

Since:

5.4

Method Details

process

public void process(HttpResponse response,
 EntityDetails entity,
 HttpContext context)
             throws HttpException,
IOException

Description copied from interface: HttpResponseInterceptor

Processes a response. On the server side, this step is performed before the response is sent to the client. On the client side, this step is performed on incoming messages before the message body is evaluated.

Specified by:

process in interface HttpResponseInterceptor

Parameters:

response - the response to process

entity - the request entity details or null if not available

context - the context for the request

Throws:

HttpException - in case of an HTTP protocol violation

IOException - in case of an I/O error