org.apache.hc.core5.http

public Interface ContentLengthStrategy

Known Direct Implementers

org.apache.hc.core5.http.impl.DefaultContentLengthStrategy

Annotations

@Contract
threading:STATELESS

Imports

org.apache.hc.core5.annotation.Contract, .ThreadingBehavior

Represents a strategy to determine length of the enclosed content entity based on properties of the HTTP message.

Since: 4.0

Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
public static final long	CHUNKED Message body chunk coded
public static final long	UNDEFINED Message body not explicitly delineated.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public long	Returns: content length, `UNDEFINED`, or `CHUNKED` determineLength(HttpMessage HTTP message message) Returns length of the given message in bytes.

Field Detail

CHUNKED	back to summary
public static final long CHUNKED Message body chunk coded

UNDEFINED	back to summary
public static final long UNDEFINED Message body not explicitly delineated. Legal for HTTP response messages and illegal for HTTP request messages.

Method Detail

determineLength back to summary

determineLength	back to summary
public long determineLength(HttpMessage message) throws HttpException Returns length of the given message in bytes. The returned value must be a non-negative number, `CHUNKED` if the message is chunk coded, or `UNDEFINED` if the message is not explicitly delineated. Parameters message:HttpMessage HTTP message Returns:long content length, `UNDEFINED`, or `CHUNKED` Exceptions HttpException: in case of HTTP protocol violation

public long determineLength(HttpMessage message) throws HttpException

Returns length of the given message in bytes. The returned value must be a non-negative number, CHUNKED if the message is chunk coded, or UNDEFINED if the message is not explicitly delineated.

Parameters

message:HttpMessage: HTTP message

Returns:long

content length, UNDEFINED, or CHUNKED

Exceptions

HttpException:: in case of HTTP protocol violation