com.vordel.mime

Class HeaderParser

java.lang.Object

com.vordel.mime.HeaderParser

public abstract class HeaderParser
extends java.lang.Object

takes the value of a header and creates an appropriate Object for use in a HeaderSet

See Also:

HeaderSet.getParsed(HeaderParser)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HeaderParser(java.lang.String headerName) Create a new Header parser, which has responsibility for making sense of the header which has the header name specified.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract java.lang.Object	parse(java.lang.String value)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HeaderParser

public HeaderParser(java.lang.String headerName)

Create a new Header parser, which has responsibility for making sense of the header which has the header name specified.

Parameters:

headerName - The name of the Header, for example "Content-Type". Subclasses need to register their header responsibility via this parameter, so that the HeaderSet can locate the correct header.

See Also:

HeaderSet.getParsed(HeaderParser parser)

Method Detail

parse

public abstract java.lang.Object parse(java.lang.String value)
                                throws java.text.ParseException

Throws:

java.text.ParseException