com.sun.ws.rest.api.core
Class EntityTag

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.ws.rest.api.core.EntityTag

public class EntityTag
extends java.lang.Object

An abstraction for the value of a HTTP Entity Tag, used as the value of an ETag response header.

See Also:

HTTP/1.1 section 3.11

Constructor Summary

EntityTag(java.lang.String value)
Creates a new instance of a strong EntityTag

EntityTag(java.lang.String value, boolean weak)
Creates a new instance of an EntityTag

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Compares obj to this tag to see if they are the same considering weakness and value.
java.lang.String	getValue() Get the value of an EntityTag
boolean	isWeak() Check the strength of an EntityTag

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EntityTag

public EntityTag(java.lang.String value)

Creates a new instance of a strong EntityTag

Parameters:

value - the value of the tag

EntityTag

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

Creates a new instance of an EntityTag

Parameters:

value - the value of the tag

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

Method Detail

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.