Package org.apache.turbine.util

Class HttpUtils

java.lang.Object

org.apache.turbine.util.HttpUtils

public class HttpUtils
extends Object

This class provides utilities for handling some semi-trivial HTTP stuff that would otherwise be handled elsewhere.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Magnús Þór Torfason

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HttpUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	formatHttpDate(Date date)	Formats a java Date according to rfc 1123, the rfc standard for dates in http.
static void	setCacheHeaders(PipelineData pipelineData, int expiry)	This method sets the required expiration headers in the response for a given PipelineData object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HttpUtils

public HttpUtils()

Method Detail

formatHttpDate

public static String formatHttpDate(Date date)

Formats a java Date according to rfc 1123, the rfc standard for dates in http.

Parameters:

date - The Date to format

Returns:

A String representation of the date

setCacheHeaders

public static void setCacheHeaders(PipelineData pipelineData,
                                   int expiry)

This method sets the required expiration headers in the response for a given PipelineData object. This method attempts to set all relevant headers, both for HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1.

Parameters:

pipelineData - The PipelineData object we are setting cache information for.

expiry - The number of milliseconds until the document should expire, 0 indicating immediate expiration (i.e. no caching).