Package org.springframework.http

Class HttpHeaders

java.lang.Object
org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Map<String,List<String>>, MultiValueMap<String,String>
Direct Known Subclasses:
WebSocketHttpHeaders
public class HttpHeaders extends Object implements MultiValueMap<String,String>, Serializable
A data structure representing HTTP request or response headers, mapping String header names to a list of String values, also offering accessors for common application-level data types.

In addition to the regular methods defined by Map, this class offers many common convenience methods, for example:

Note that HttpHeaders generally treats header names in a case-insensitive manner.

Since:
3.0
Author:
Arjen Poutsma, Sebastien Deleuze, Brian Clozel, Juergen Hoeller, Josh Long, Sam Brannen
See Also:

  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

    • HttpHeaders

      public HttpHeaders()
      Construct a new, empty instance of the HttpHeaders object.

      This is the common constructor, using a case-insensitive map structure.

    • HttpHeaders

      public HttpHeaders(MultiValueMap<String,String> headers)
      Construct a new HttpHeaders instance backed by an existing map.

      This constructor is available as an optimization for adapting to existing headers map structures, primarily for internal use within the framework.

      Parameters:
      headers - the headers map (expected to operate with case-insensitive keys)
      Since:
      5.1

  • Method Details

    • getOrEmpty

      public List<String> getOrEmpty(Object headerName)
      Get the list of header values for the given header name, if any.
      Parameters:
      headerName - the header name
      Returns:
      the list of header values, or an empty list
      Since:
      5.2

    • setAccept

      public void setAccept(List<MediaType> acceptableMediaTypes)
      Set the list of acceptable media types, as specified by the Accept header.

    • getAccept

      public List<MediaType> getAccept()
      Return the list of acceptable media types, as specified by the Accept header.

      Returns an empty list when the acceptable media types are unspecified.

    • setAcceptLanguage

      public void setAcceptLanguage(List<Locale.LanguageRange> languages)
      Set the acceptable language ranges, as specified by the Accept-Language header.
      Since:
      5.0

    • getAcceptLanguage

      public List<Locale.LanguageRange> getAcceptLanguage()
      Return the language ranges from the "Accept-Language" header.

      If you only need sorted, preferred locales only use getAcceptLanguageAsLocales() or if you need to filter based on a list of supported locales you can pass the returned list to Locale.filter(List, Collection).

      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the value cannot be converted to a language range
      Since:
      5.0

    • setAcceptLanguageAsLocales

      public void setAcceptLanguageAsLocales(List<Locale> locales)
      Variant of setAcceptLanguage(List) using Locale's.
      Since:
      5.0

    • getAcceptLanguageAsLocales

      public List<Locale> getAcceptLanguageAsLocales()
      A variant of getAcceptLanguage() that converts each Locale.LanguageRange to a Locale.
      Returns:
      the locales or an empty list
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the value cannot be converted to a locale
      Since:
      5.0

    • setAcceptPatch

      public void setAcceptPatch(List<MediaType> mediaTypes)
      Set the list of acceptable media types for PATCH methods, as specified by the Accept-Patch header.
      Since:
      5.3.6

    • getAcceptPatch

      public List<MediaType> getAcceptPatch()
      Return the list of acceptable media types for PATCH methods, as specified by the Accept-Patch header.

      Returns an empty list when the acceptable media types are unspecified.

      Since:
      5.3.6

    • setAccessControlAllowCredentials

      public void setAccessControlAllowCredentials(boolean allowCredentials)
      Set the (new) value of the Access-Control-Allow-Credentials response header.

    • getAccessControlAllowCredentials

      public boolean getAccessControlAllowCredentials()
      Return the value of the Access-Control-Allow-Credentials response header.

    • setAccessControlAllowHeaders

      public void setAccessControlAllowHeaders(List<String> allowedHeaders)
      Set the (new) value of the Access-Control-Allow-Headers response header.

    • getAccessControlAllowHeaders

      public List<String> getAccessControlAllowHeaders()
      Return the value of the Access-Control-Allow-Headers response header.

    • setAccessControlAllowMethods

      public void setAccessControlAllowMethods(List<HttpMethod> allowedMethods)
      Set the (new) value of the Access-Control-Allow-Methods response header.

    • getAccessControlAllowMethods

      public List<HttpMethod> getAccessControlAllowMethods()
      Return the value of the Access-Control-Allow-Methods response header.

    • setAccessControlAllowOrigin

      public void setAccessControlAllowOrigin(@Nullable String allowedOrigin)
      Set the (new) value of the Access-Control-Allow-Origin response header.

    • getAccessControlAllowOrigin

      @Nullable public String getAccessControlAllowOrigin()
      Return the value of the Access-Control-Allow-Origin response header.

    • setAccessControlExposeHeaders

      public void setAccessControlExposeHeaders(List<String> exposedHeaders)
      Set the (new) value of the Access-Control-Expose-Headers response header.

    • getAccessControlExposeHeaders

      public List<String> getAccessControlExposeHeaders()
      Return the value of the Access-Control-Expose-Headers response header.

    • setAccessControlMaxAge

      public void setAccessControlMaxAge(Duration maxAge)
      Set the (new) value of the Access-Control-Max-Age response header.
      Since:
      5.2

    • setAccessControlMaxAge

      public void setAccessControlMaxAge(long maxAge)
      Set the (new) value of the Access-Control-Max-Age response header.

    • getAccessControlMaxAge

      public long getAccessControlMaxAge()
      Return the value of the Access-Control-Max-Age response header.

      Returns -1 when the max age is unknown.

    • setAccessControlRequestHeaders

      public void setAccessControlRequestHeaders(List<String> requestHeaders)
      Set the (new) value of the Access-Control-Request-Headers request header.

    • getAccessControlRequestHeaders

      public List<String> getAccessControlRequestHeaders()
      Return the value of the Access-Control-Request-Headers request header.

    • setAccessControlRequestMethod

      public void setAccessControlRequestMethod(@Nullable HttpMethod requestMethod)
      Set the (new) value of the Access-Control-Request-Method request header.

    • getAccessControlRequestMethod

      @Nullable public HttpMethod getAccessControlRequestMethod()
      Return the value of the Access-Control-Request-Method request header.

    • setAcceptCharset

      public void setAcceptCharset(List<Charset> acceptableCharsets)
      Set the list of acceptable charsets, as specified by the Accept-Charset header.

    • getAcceptCharset

      public List<Charset> getAcceptCharset()
      Return the list of acceptable charsets, as specified by the Accept-Charset header.

    • setAllow

      public void setAllow(Set<HttpMethod> allowedMethods)
      Set the set of allowed HTTP methods, as specified by the Allow header.

    • getAllow

      public Set<HttpMethod> getAllow()
      Return the set of allowed HTTP methods, as specified by the Allow header.

      Returns an empty set when the allowed methods are unspecified.

    • setBasicAuth

      public void setBasicAuth(String username, String password)
      Set the value of the Authorization header to Basic Authentication based on the given username and password.

      Note that this method only supports characters in the ISO-8859-1 character set.

      Parameters:
      username - the username
      password - the password
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if either user or password contain characters that cannot be encoded to ISO-8859-1
      Since:
      5.1
      See Also:

    • setBasicAuth

      public void setBasicAuth(String username, String password, @Nullable Charset charset)
      Set the value of the Authorization header to Basic Authentication based on the given username and password.
      Parameters:
      username - the username
      password - the password
      charset - the charset to use to convert the credentials into an octet sequence. Defaults to ISO-8859-1.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if username or password contains characters that cannot be encoded to the given charset
      Since:
      5.1
      See Also:

    • setBasicAuth

      public void setBasicAuth(String encodedCredentials)
      Set the value of the Authorization header to Basic Authentication based on the given encoded credentials.

      Favor this method over setBasicAuth(String, String) and setBasicAuth(String, String, Charset) if you wish to cache the encoded credentials.

      Parameters:
      encodedCredentials - the encoded credentials
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if supplied credentials string is null or blank
      Since:
      5.2
      See Also:

    • setBearerAuth

      public void setBearerAuth(String token)
      Set the value of the Authorization header to the given Bearer token.
      Parameters:
      token - the Base64 encoded token
      Since:
      5.1
      See Also:

    • setCacheControl

      public void setCacheControl(CacheControl cacheControl)
      Set a configured CacheControl instance as the new value of the Cache-Control header.
      Since:
      5.0.5

    • setCacheControl

      public void setCacheControl(@Nullable String cacheControl)
      Set the (new) value of the Cache-Control header.

    • getCacheControl

      @Nullable public String getCacheControl()
      Return the value of the Cache-Control header.

    • setConnection

      public void setConnection(String connection)
      Set the (new) value of the Connection header.

    • setConnection

      public void setConnection(List<String> connection)
      Set the (new) value of the Connection header.

    • getConnection

      public List<String> getConnection()
      Return the value of the Connection header.

    • setContentDispositionFormData

      public void setContentDispositionFormData(String name, @Nullable String filename)
      Set the Content-Disposition header when creating a "multipart/form-data" request.

      Applications typically would not set this header directly but rather prepare a MultiValueMap<String, Object>, containing an Object or a Resource for each part, and then pass that to the RestTemplate or WebClient.

      Parameters:
      name - the control name
      filename - the filename (may be null)
      See Also:

    • setContentDisposition

      public void setContentDisposition(ContentDisposition contentDisposition)
      Set the Content-Disposition header.

      This could be used on a response to indicate if the content is expected to be displayed inline in the browser or as an attachment to be saved locally.

      It can also be used for a "multipart/form-data" request. For more details see notes on setContentDispositionFormData(java.lang.String, java.lang.String).

      Since:
      5.0
      See Also:

    • getContentDisposition

      public ContentDisposition getContentDisposition()
      Return a parsed representation of the Content-Disposition header.
      Since:
      5.0
      See Also:

    • setContentLanguage

      public void setContentLanguage(@Nullable Locale locale)
      Set the Locale of the content language, as specified by the Content-Language header.

      Use put(CONTENT_LANGUAGE, list) if you need to set multiple content languages.

      Since:
      5.0

    • getContentLanguage

      @Nullable public Locale getContentLanguage()
      Get the first Locale of the content languages, as specified by the Content-Language header.

      Use getValuesAsList(String) if you need to get multiple content languages.

      Returns:
      the first Locale of the content languages, or null if unknown
      Since:
      5.0

    • setContentLength

      public void setContentLength(long contentLength)
      Set the length of the body in bytes, as specified by the Content-Length header.
      Parameters:
      contentLength - content length (greater than or equal to zero)
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the content length is negative

    • getContentLength

      public long getContentLength()
      Return the length of the body in bytes, as specified by the Content-Length header.

      Returns -1 when the content-length is unknown.

    • setContentType

      public void setContentType(@Nullable MediaType mediaType)
      Set the media type of the body, as specified by the Content-Type header.

    • getContentType

      @Nullable public MediaType getContentType()
      Return the media type of the body, as specified by the Content-Type header.

      Returns null when the Content-Type header is not set.

      Throws:
      InvalidMediaTypeException - if the media type value cannot be parsed

    • setDate

      public void setDate(ZonedDateTime date)
      Set the date and time at which the message was created, as specified by the Date header.
      Since:
      5.2

    • setDate

      public void setDate(Instant date)
      Set the date and time at which the message was created, as specified by the Date header.
      Since:
      5.2

    • setDate

      public void setDate(long date)
      Set the date and time at which the message was created, as specified by the Date header.

      The date should be specified as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT.

    • getDate

      public long getDate()
      Return the date and time at which the message was created, as specified by the Date header.

      The date is returned as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT. Returns -1 when the date is unknown.

      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the value cannot be converted to a date

    • setETag

      public void setETag(@Nullable String etag)
      Set the (new) entity tag of the body, as specified by the ETag header.

    • getETag

      @Nullable public String getETag()
      Return the entity tag of the body, as specified by the ETag header.

    • setExpires

      public void setExpires(ZonedDateTime expires)
      Set the duration after which the message is no longer valid, as specified by the Expires header.
      Since:
      5.0.5

    • setExpires

      public void setExpires(Instant expires)
      Set the date and time at which the message is no longer valid, as specified by the Expires header.
      Since:
      5.2

    • setExpires

      public void setExpires(long expires)
      Set the date and time at which the message is no longer valid, as specified by the Expires header.

      The date should be specified as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT.

    • getExpires

      public long getExpires()
      Return the date and time at which the message is no longer valid, as specified by the Expires header.

      The date is returned as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT. Returns -1 when the date is unknown.

      See Also:

    • setHost

      public void setHost(@Nullable InetSocketAddress host)
      Set the (new) value of the Host header.

      If the given port is 0, the host header will only contain the host name.

      Since:
      5.0

    • getHost

      @Nullable public InetSocketAddress getHost()
      Return the value of the Host header, if available.

      If the header value does not contain a port, the port in the returned address will be 0.

      Since:
      5.0

    • setIfMatch

      public void setIfMatch(String ifMatch)
      Set the (new) value of the If-Match header.
      Since:
      4.3

    • setIfMatch

      public void setIfMatch(List<String> ifMatchList)
      Set the (new) value of the If-Match header.
      Since:
      4.3

    • getIfMatch

      public List<String> getIfMatch()
      Return the value of the If-Match header.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if parsing fails
      Since:
      4.3

    • setIfModifiedSince

      public void setIfModifiedSince(ZonedDateTime ifModifiedSince)
      Set the time the resource was last changed, as specified by the Last-Modified header.
      Since:
      5.1.4

    • setIfModifiedSince

      public void setIfModifiedSince(Instant ifModifiedSince)
      Set the time the resource was last changed, as specified by the Last-Modified header.
      Since:
      5.1.4

    • setIfModifiedSince

      public void setIfModifiedSince(long ifModifiedSince)
      Set the (new) value of the If-Modified-Since header.

      The date should be specified as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT.

    • getIfModifiedSince

      public long getIfModifiedSince()
      Return the value of the If-Modified-Since header.

      The date is returned as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT. Returns -1 when the date is unknown.

      See Also:

    • setIfNoneMatch

      public void setIfNoneMatch(String ifNoneMatch)
      Set the (new) value of the If-None-Match header.

    • setIfNoneMatch

      public void setIfNoneMatch(List<String> ifNoneMatchList)
      Set the (new) values of the If-None-Match header.

    • getIfNoneMatch

      public List<String> getIfNoneMatch()
      Return the value of the If-None-Match header.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if parsing fails

    • setIfUnmodifiedSince

      public void setIfUnmodifiedSince(ZonedDateTime ifUnmodifiedSince)
      Set the time the resource was last changed, as specified by the Last-Modified header.
      Since:
      5.1.4

    • setIfUnmodifiedSince

      public void setIfUnmodifiedSince(Instant ifUnmodifiedSince)
      Set the time the resource was last changed, as specified by the Last-Modified header.
      Since:
      5.1.4

    • setIfUnmodifiedSince

      public void setIfUnmodifiedSince(long ifUnmodifiedSince)
      Set the (new) value of the If-Unmodified-Since header.

      The date should be specified as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT.

      Since:
      4.3

    • getIfUnmodifiedSince

      public long getIfUnmodifiedSince()
      Return the value of the If-Unmodified-Since header.

      The date is returned as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT. Returns -1 when the date is unknown.

      Since:
      4.3
      See Also:

    • setLastModified

      public void setLastModified(ZonedDateTime lastModified)
      Set the time the resource was last changed, as specified by the Last-Modified header.
      Since:
      5.1.4

    • setLastModified

      public void setLastModified(Instant lastModified)
      Set the time the resource was last changed, as specified by the Last-Modified header.
      Since:
      5.1.4

    • setLastModified

      public void setLastModified(long lastModified)
      Set the time the resource was last changed, as specified by the Last-Modified header.

      The date should be specified as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT.

    • getLastModified

      public long getLastModified()
      Return the time the resource was last changed, as specified by the Last-Modified header.

      The date is returned as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT. Returns -1 when the date is unknown.

      See Also:

    • setLocation

      public void setLocation(@Nullable URI location)
      Set the (new) location of a resource, as specified by the Location header.

    • getLocation

      @Nullable public URI getLocation()
      Return the (new) location of a resource as specified by the Location header.

      Returns null when the location is unknown.

    • setOrigin

      public void setOrigin(@Nullable String origin)
      Set the (new) value of the Origin header.

    • getOrigin

      @Nullable public String getOrigin()
      Return the value of the Origin header.

    • setPragma

      public void setPragma(@Nullable String pragma)
      Set the (new) value of the Pragma header.

    • getPragma

      @Nullable public String getPragma()
      Return the value of the Pragma header.

    • setRange

      public void setRange(List<HttpRange> ranges)
      Sets the (new) value of the Range header.

    • getRange

      public List<HttpRange> getRange()
      Return the value of the Range header.

      Returns an empty list when the range is unknown.

    • setUpgrade

      public void setUpgrade(@Nullable String upgrade)
      Set the (new) value of the Upgrade header.

    • getUpgrade

      @Nullable public String getUpgrade()
      Return the value of the Upgrade header.

    • setVary

      public void setVary(List<String> requestHeaders)
      Set the request header names (e.g. "Accept-Language") for which the response is subject to content negotiation and variances based on the value of those request headers.
      Parameters:
      requestHeaders - the request header names
      Since:
      4.3

    • getVary

      public List<String> getVary()
      Return the request header names subject to content negotiation.
      Since:
      4.3

    • setZonedDateTime

      public void setZonedDateTime(String headerName, ZonedDateTime date)
      Set the given date under the given header name after formatting it as a string using the RFC-1123 date-time formatter. The equivalent of set(String, String) but for date headers.
      Since:
      5.0

    • setInstant

      public void setInstant(String headerName, Instant date)
      Set the given date under the given header name after formatting it as a string using the RFC-1123 date-time formatter. The equivalent of set(String, String) but for date headers.
      Since:
      5.1.4

    • setDate

      public void setDate(String headerName, long date)
      Set the given date under the given header name after formatting it as a string using the RFC-1123 date-time formatter. The equivalent of set(String, String) but for date headers.
      Since:
      3.2.4
      See Also:

    • getFirstDate

      public long getFirstDate(String headerName)
      Parse the first header value for the given header name as a date, return -1 if there is no value, or raise IllegalArgumentException if the value cannot be parsed as a date.
      Parameters:
      headerName - the header name
      Returns:
      the parsed date header, or -1 if none
      Since:
      3.2.4
      See Also:

    • getFirstZonedDateTime

      @Nullable public ZonedDateTime getFirstZonedDateTime(String headerName)
      Parse the first header value for the given header name as a date, return null if there is no value, or raise IllegalArgumentException if the value cannot be parsed as a date.
      Parameters:
      headerName - the header name
      Returns:
      the parsed date header, or null if none
      Since:
      5.0

    • getValuesAsList

      public List<String> getValuesAsList(String headerName)
      Return all values of a given header name, even if this header is set multiple times.

      This method supports double-quoted values, as described in RFC 9110, section 5.5.

      Parameters:
      headerName - the header name
      Returns:
      all associated values
      Since:
      4.3

    • clearContentHeaders

      public void clearContentHeaders()
      Remove the well-known "Content-*" HTTP headers.

      Such headers should be cleared from the response if the intended body can't be written due to errors.

      Since:
      5.2.3

    • getETagValuesAsList

      protected List<String> getETagValuesAsList(String headerName)
      Retrieve a combined result from the field values of the ETag header.
      Parameters:
      headerName - the header name
      Returns:
      the combined result
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if parsing fails
      Since:
      4.3

    • getFieldValues

      @Nullable protected String getFieldValues(String headerName)
      Retrieve a combined result from the field values of multivalued headers.
      Parameters:
      headerName - the header name
      Returns:
      the combined result
      Since:
      4.3

    • toCommaDelimitedString

      protected String toCommaDelimitedString(List<String> headerValues)
      Turn the given list of header values into a comma-delimited result.
      Parameters:
      headerValues - the list of header values
      Returns:
      a combined result with comma delimitation

    • getFirst

      @Nullable public String getFirst(String headerName)
      Return the first header value for the given header name, if any.
      Specified by:
      getFirst in interface MultiValueMap<String,String>
      Parameters:
      headerName - the header name
      Returns:
      the first header value, or null if none

    • add

      public void add(String headerName, @Nullable String headerValue)
      Add the given, single header value under the given name.
      Specified by:
      add in interface MultiValueMap<String,String>
      Parameters:
      headerName - the header name
      headerValue - the header value
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException - if adding headers is not supported
      See Also:

    • addAll

      public void addAll(String key, List<? extends String> values)
      Description copied from interface: MultiValueMap
      Add all the values of the given list to the current list of values for the given key.
      Specified by:
      addAll in interface MultiValueMap<String,String>
      Parameters:
      key - they key
      values - the values to be added

    • addAll

      public void addAll(MultiValueMap<String,String> values)
      Description copied from interface: MultiValueMap
      Add all the values of the given MultiValueMap to the current values.
      Specified by:
      addAll in interface MultiValueMap<String,String>
      Parameters:
      values - the values to be added

    • set

      public void set(String headerName, @Nullable String headerValue)
      Set the given, single header value under the given name.
      Specified by:
      set in interface MultiValueMap<String,String>
      Parameters:
      headerName - the header name
      headerValue - the header value
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException - if adding headers is not supported
      See Also:

    • setAll

      public void setAll(Map<String,String> values)
      Description copied from interface: MultiValueMap
      Set the given values under.
      Specified by:
      setAll in interface MultiValueMap<String,String>
      Parameters:
      values - the values.

    • toSingleValueMap

      public Map<String,String> toSingleValueMap()
      Description copied from interface: MultiValueMap
      Return a Map with the first values contained in this MultiValueMap.
      Specified by:
      toSingleValueMap in interface MultiValueMap<String,String>
      Returns:
      a single value representation of this map

    • size

      public int size()
      Specified by:
      size in interface Map<String,List<String>>

    • isEmpty

      public boolean isEmpty()
      Specified by:
      isEmpty in interface Map<String,List<String>>

    • containsKey

      public boolean containsKey(Object key)
      Specified by:
      containsKey in interface Map<String,List<String>>

    • containsValue

      public boolean containsValue(Object value)
      Specified by:
      containsValue in interface Map<String,List<String>>

    • get

      @Nullable public List<String> get(Object key)
      Specified by:
      get in interface Map<String,List<String>>

    • put

      public List<String> put(String key, List<String> value)
      Specified by:
      put in interface Map<String,List<String>>

    • remove

      public List<String> remove(Object key)
      Specified by:
      remove in interface Map<String,List<String>>

    • putAll

      public void putAll(Map<? extends String,? extends List<String>> map)
      Specified by:
      putAll in interface Map<String,List<String>>

    • clear

      public void clear()
      Specified by:
      clear in interface Map<String,List<String>>

    • keySet

      public Set<String> keySet()
      Specified by:
      keySet in interface Map<String,List<String>>

    • values

      public Collection<List<String>> values()
      Specified by:
      values in interface Map<String,List<String>>

    • entrySet

      public Set<Map.Entry<String,List<String>>> entrySet()
      Specified by:
      entrySet in interface Map<String,List<String>>

    • forEach

      public void forEach(BiConsumer<? super String,? super List<String>> action)
      Specified by:
      forEach in interface Map<String,List<String>>

    • putIfAbsent

      public List<String> putIfAbsent(String key, List<String> value)
      Specified by:
      putIfAbsent in interface Map<String,List<String>>

    • equals

      public boolean equals(@Nullable Object other)
      Specified by:
      equals in interface Map<String,List<String>>
      Overrides:
      equals in class Object

    • hashCode

      public int hashCode()
      Specified by:
      hashCode in interface Map<String,List<String>>
      Overrides:
      hashCode in class Object

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object

    • readOnlyHttpHeaders

      public static HttpHeaders readOnlyHttpHeaders(MultiValueMap<String,String> headers)
      Apply a read-only HttpHeaders wrapper around the given headers, if necessary.

      Also caches the parsed representations of the "Accept" and "Content-Type" headers.

      Parameters:
      headers - the headers to expose
      Returns:
      a read-only variant of the headers, or the original headers as-is (in case it happens to be a read-only HttpHeaders instance already)
      Since:
      5.3

    • readOnlyHttpHeaders

      public static HttpHeaders readOnlyHttpHeaders(HttpHeaders headers)
      Apply a read-only HttpHeaders wrapper around the given headers, if necessary.

      Also caches the parsed representations of the "Accept" and "Content-Type" headers.

      Parameters:
      headers - the headers to expose
      Returns:
      a read-only variant of the headers, or the original headers as-is if already read-only

    • writableHttpHeaders

      @Deprecated(since="6.2", forRemoval=true) public static HttpHeaders writableHttpHeaders(HttpHeaders headers)
      Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
      as of 6.2 in favor of HttpHeaders(MultiValueMap).
      Remove any read-only wrapper that may have been previously applied around the given headers via readOnlyHttpHeaders(HttpHeaders).

      Once the writable instance is mutated, the read-only instance is likely to be out of sync and should be discarded.

      Parameters:
      headers - the headers to expose
      Returns:
      a writable variant of the headers, or the original headers as-is
      Since:
      5.1.1

    • formatHeaders

      public static String formatHeaders(MultiValueMap<String,String> headers)
      Helps to format HTTP header values, as HTTP header values themselves can contain comma-separated values, can become confusing with regular Map formatting that also uses commas between entries.
      Parameters:
      headers - the headers to format
      Returns:
      the headers to a String
      Since:
      5.1.4

    • encodeBasicAuth

      public static String encodeBasicAuth(String username, String password, @Nullable Charset charset)
      Encode the given username and password into Basic Authentication credentials.

      The encoded credentials returned by this method can be supplied to setBasicAuth(String) to set the Basic Authentication header.

      Parameters:
      username - the username
      password - the password
      charset - the charset to use to convert the credentials into an octet sequence. Defaults to ISO-8859-1.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if username or password contains characters that cannot be encoded to the given charset
      Since:
      5.2
      See Also: