Package org.springframework.http

Contains a basic abstraction over client/server-side HTTP.

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Interface Summary

Interface	Description
HttpInputMessage	Represents an HTTP input message, consisting of headers and a readable body.
HttpMessage	Represents the base interface for HTTP request and response messages.
HttpOutputMessage	Represents an HTTP output message, consisting of headers and a writable body.
HttpRequest	Represents an HTTP request message, consisting of method and uri.
RequestEntity.BodyBuilder	Defines a builder that adds a body to the response entity.
RequestEntity.HeadersBuilder<B extends RequestEntity.HeadersBuilder<B>>	Defines a builder that adds headers to the request entity.
ResponseEntity.BodyBuilder	Defines a builder that adds a body to the response entity.
ResponseEntity.HeadersBuilder<B extends ResponseEntity.HeadersBuilder<B>>	Defines a builder that adds headers to the response entity.
StreamingHttpOutputMessage	Represents a HTTP output message that allows for setting a streaming body.
StreamingHttpOutputMessage.Body	Defines the contract for bodies that can be written directly to an OutputStream.

Class Summary

Class	Description
CacheControl	A builder for creating "Cache-Control" HTTP response headers.
HttpEntity<T>	Represents an HTTP request or response entity, consisting of headers and body.
HttpHeaders	Represents HTTP request and response headers, mapping string header names to a list of string values.
HttpRange	Represents an HTTP (byte) range for use with the HTTP "Range" header.
MediaType	A subclass of MimeType that adds support for quality parameters as defined in the HTTP specification.
MediaTypeEditor	Editor for MediaType descriptors, to automatically convert String specifications (e.g.
RequestEntity<T>	Extension of HttpEntity that adds a method and uri.
ResponseEntity<T>	Extension of HttpEntity that adds a HttpStatus status code.

Enum Summary

Enum	Description
HttpMethod	Java 5 enumeration of HTTP request methods.
HttpStatus	Enumeration of HTTP status codes.
HttpStatus.Series	Enumeration of HTTP status series.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
InvalidMediaTypeException	Exception thrown from MediaType.parseMediaType(String) in case of encountering an invalid media type specification String.

Package org.springframework.http Description

Contains a basic abstraction over client/server-side HTTP. This package contains the HttpInputMessage and HttpOutputMessage interfaces.