Constructor Detail

• EntityTag

  public EntityTag(java.lang.String value)

  Creates a new instance of a strong EntityTag.

  Parameters:

  value - the value of the tag, quotes not included.

  Throws:

  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if value is null.

• EntityTag

  public EntityTag(java.lang.String value,
                   boolean weak)

  Creates a new instance of an EntityTag.

  Parameters:

  value - the value of the tag, quotes not included.

  weak - true if this represents a weak tag, false otherwise.

  Throws:

  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if value is null.

Method Detail

• valueOf

  public static EntityTag valueOf(java.lang.String value)

  Creates a new instance of EntityTag by parsing the supplied string.

  Parameters:

  value - the entity tag string.

  Returns:

  the newly created entity tag.

  Throws:

  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the supplied string cannot be parsed or is null.

• isWeak

  public boolean isWeak()

  Check the strength of an EntityTag.

  Returns:

  true if this represents a weak tag, false otherwise.

• getValue

  public java.lang.String getValue()

  Get the value of an EntityTag.

  Returns:

  the value of the tag.

• equals

  public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

  Compares obj to this tag to see if they are the same considering weakness and value.

  Overrides:

  equals in class java.lang.Object

  Parameters:

  obj - the object to compare to.

  Returns:

  true if the two tags are the same, false otherwise.

• hashCode

  public int hashCode()

  Generate hashCode based on value and weakness.

  Overrides:

  hashCode in class java.lang.Object

  Returns:

  the entity tag hash code.

• toString

  public java.lang.String toString()

  Convert the entity tag to a string suitable for use as the value of the corresponding HTTP header.

  Overrides:

  toString in class java.lang.Object

  Returns:

  a string version of the entity tag.