oracle.panama.messaging.common
Class Header

java.lang.Object
oracle.panama.messaging.common.Header

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Externalizable, java.io.Serializable

public class Header

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Externalizable

The class maintains the name/value pair to represent a header of the MessagePart. A few commonly used headers are defined as constants in MessagePart class. The application specific header can be added as long as both sender and recipient agree upon the meaning associated with the header name.

See Also:

MessagePart, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Header()
Constructor.

Header(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)
Constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of this header.
java.lang.String	getValue() Returns the value of this header.
void	readExternal(java.io.ObjectInput oi) Read a message instance from a stream.
void	setName(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) Set the name and value of the header.
void	writeExternal(java.io.ObjectOutput oo) Write a message instance to a stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Header

public Header()

Constructor. Creates empty header. Use setName, setValue to set the name value for the header.

Header

public Header(java.lang.String name,
              java.lang.String value)

Constructor. Creates header with the given name value pair.

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of this header.

Returns:

the name of the header.

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()

Returns the value of this header.

Returns:

the value of this header.

readExternal

public void readExternal(java.io.ObjectInput oi)
                  throws java.io.IOException,
                         java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Read a message instance from a stream.

Specified by:

readExternal in interface java.io.Externalizable

Parameters:

oi - the stream to read from.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name,
                    java.lang.String value)

Set the name and value of the header.

Parameters:

name - name of the header.

value - value of the header.

writeExternal

public void writeExternal(java.io.ObjectOutput oo)
                   throws java.io.IOException

Write a message instance to a stream.

Specified by:

writeExternal in interface java.io.Externalizable

Parameters:

oo - the stream to write to.

Throws:

java.io.IOException