Class MessageHeaders

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Map<String,Object>

public class MessageHeaders
extends Object
implements Map<String,Object>, Serializable

The headers for a Message.

IMPORTANT: This class is immutable. Any mutating operation such as put(..), putAll(..) and others will throw UnsupportedOperationException.

Subclasses do have access to the raw headers, however, via getRawHeaders().

One way to create message headers is to use the MessageBuilder:

MessageBuilder.withPayload("foo").setHeader("key1", "value1").setHeader("key2", "value2");

A second option is to create GenericMessage passing a payload as Object and headers as a java.util.Map:

Map headers = new HashMap();
headers.put("key1", "value1");
headers.put("key2", "value2");
new GenericMessage("foo", headers);

A third option is to use MessageHeaderAccessor or one of its subclasses to create specific categories of headers.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Arjen Poutsma, Mark Fisher, Gary Russell, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

• MessageBuilder
• MessageHeaderAccessor
• Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface Map

Map.Entry<K,V>

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	CONTENT_TYPE	The key for the message content type.
static final String	ERROR_CHANNEL	The key for the message error channel.
static final String	ID	The key for the Message ID.
static final UUID	ID_VALUE_NONE	UUID for none.
static final String	REPLY_CHANNEL	The key for the message reply channel.
static final String	TIMESTAMP	The key for the message timestamp.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
	MessageHeaders(@Nullable Map<String,Object> headers)	Construct a MessageHeaders with the given headers.
protected	MessageHeaders(@Nullable Map<String,Object> headers, @Nullable UUID id, @Nullable Long timestamp)	Constructor providing control over the ID and TIMESTAMP header values.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clear()	Since MessageHeaders are immutable, the call to this method will result in UnsupportedOperationException.
boolean	containsKey(Object key)
boolean	containsValue(Object value)
Set<Map.Entry<String,Object>>	entrySet()
boolean	equals(@Nullable Object other)
@Nullable Object	get(Object key)
<T> @Nullable T	get(Object key, Class<T> type)
@Nullable Object	getErrorChannel()
@Nullable UUID	getId()
protected static IdGenerator	getIdGenerator()
protected Map<String,Object>	getRawHeaders()
@Nullable Object	getReplyChannel()
@Nullable Long	getTimestamp()
int	hashCode()
boolean	isEmpty()
Set<String>	keySet()
Object	put(String key, Object value)	Since MessageHeaders are immutable, the call to this method will result in UnsupportedOperationException.
void	putAll(Map<? extends String, ? extends Object> map)	Since MessageHeaders are immutable, the call to this method will result in UnsupportedOperationException.
Object	remove(Object key)	Since MessageHeaders are immutable, the call to this method will result in UnsupportedOperationException.
int	size()
String	toString()
Collection<Object>	values()

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface Map

compute, computeIfAbsent, computeIfPresent, forEach, getOrDefault, merge, putIfAbsent, remove, replace, replace, replaceAll

Field Details

ID_VALUE_NONE

public static final UUID ID_VALUE_NONE

UUID for none.

ID

public static final String ID

The key for the Message ID. This is an automatically generated UUID and should never be explicitly set in the header map except in the case of Message deserialization where the serialized Message's generated UUID is being restored.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

TIMESTAMP

public static final String TIMESTAMP

The key for the message timestamp.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

CONTENT_TYPE

public static final String CONTENT_TYPE

The key for the message content type.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

REPLY_CHANNEL

public static final String REPLY_CHANNEL

The key for the message reply channel.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

ERROR_CHANNEL

public static final String ERROR_CHANNEL

The key for the message error channel.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

MessageHeaders

public MessageHeaders(@Nullable Map<String,Object> headers)

Construct a MessageHeaders with the given headers. An ID and TIMESTAMP headers will also be added, overriding any existing values.

Parameters:

headers - a map with headers to add

MessageHeaders

protected MessageHeaders(@Nullable Map<String,Object> headers,
 @Nullable UUID id,
 @Nullable Long timestamp)

Constructor providing control over the ID and TIMESTAMP header values.

Parameters:

headers - a map with headers to add

id - the ID header value

timestamp - the TIMESTAMP header value

Method Details

getRawHeaders

protected Map<String,Object> getRawHeaders()

getIdGenerator

protected static IdGenerator getIdGenerator()

getId

public @Nullable UUID getId()

getTimestamp

public @Nullable Long getTimestamp()

getReplyChannel

public @Nullable Object getReplyChannel()

getErrorChannel

public @Nullable Object getErrorChannel()

get

public <T> @Nullable T get(Object key,
 Class<T> type)

containsKey

public boolean containsKey(Object key)

Specified by:

containsKey in interface Map<String,Object>

containsValue

public boolean containsValue(Object value)

Specified by:

containsValue in interface Map<String,Object>

entrySet

public Set<Map.Entry<String,Object>> entrySet()

Specified by:

entrySet in interface Map<String,Object>

get

public @Nullable Object get(Object key)

Specified by:

get in interface Map<String,Object>

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Specified by:

isEmpty in interface Map<String,Object>

keySet

public Set<String> keySet()

Specified by:

keySet in interface Map<String,Object>

size

public int size()

Specified by:

size in interface Map<String,Object>

values

public Collection<Object> values()

Specified by:

values in interface Map<String,Object>

put

public Object put(String key,
 Object value)

Since MessageHeaders are immutable, the call to this method will result in UnsupportedOperationException.

Specified by:

put in interface Map<String,Object>

putAll

public void putAll(Map<? extends String, ? extends Object> map)

Since MessageHeaders are immutable, the call to this method will result in UnsupportedOperationException.

Specified by:

putAll in interface Map<String,Object>

remove

public Object remove(Object key)

Since MessageHeaders are immutable, the call to this method will result in UnsupportedOperationException.

Specified by:

remove in interface Map<String,Object>

clear

public void clear()

Since MessageHeaders are immutable, the call to this method will result in UnsupportedOperationException.

Specified by:

clear in interface Map<String,Object>

equals

public boolean equals(@Nullable Object other)

Specified by:

equals in interface Map<String,Object>

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Map<String,Object>

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object