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HttpServletResponse.javaAPI DocApache Tomcat 6.0.1421080Fri Jul 20 04:20:34 BST 2007javax.servlet.http

HttpServletResponse

public interface HttpServletResponse implements ServletResponse
Extends the {@link ServletResponse} interface to provide HTTP-specific functionality in sending a response. For example, it has methods to access HTTP headers and cookies.

The servlet container creates an HttpServletResponse object and passes it as an argument to the servlet's service methods (doGet, doPost, etc).

author
Various
version
$Version$
see
javax.servlet.ServletResponse

Fields Summary
public static final int
SC_CONTINUE
Status code (100) indicating the client can continue.
public static final int
SC_SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS
Status code (101) indicating the server is switching protocols according to Upgrade header.
public static final int
SC_OK
Status code (200) indicating the request succeeded normally.
public static final int
SC_CREATED
Status code (201) indicating the request succeeded and created a new resource on the server.
public static final int
SC_ACCEPTED
Status code (202) indicating that a request was accepted for processing, but was not completed.
public static final int
SC_NON_AUTHORITATIVE_INFORMATION
Status code (203) indicating that the meta information presented by the client did not originate from the server.
public static final int
SC_NO_CONTENT
Status code (204) indicating that the request succeeded but that there was no new information to return.
public static final int
SC_RESET_CONTENT
Status code (205) indicating that the agent SHOULD reset the document view which caused the request to be sent.
public static final int
SC_PARTIAL_CONTENT
Status code (206) indicating that the server has fulfilled the partial GET request for the resource.
public static final int
SC_MULTIPLE_CHOICES
Status code (300) indicating that the requested resource corresponds to any one of a set of representations, each with its own specific location.
public static final int
SC_MOVED_PERMANENTLY
Status code (301) indicating that the resource has permanently moved to a new location, and that future references should use a new URI with their requests.
public static final int
SC_MOVED_TEMPORARILY
Status code (302) indicating that the resource has temporarily moved to another location, but that future references should still use the original URI to access the resource. This definition is being retained for backwards compatibility. SC_FOUND is now the preferred definition.
public static final int
SC_FOUND
Status code (302) indicating that the resource reside temporarily under a different URI. Since the redirection might be altered on occasion, the client should continue to use the Request-URI for future requests.(HTTP/1.1) To represent the status code (302), it is recommended to use this variable.
public static final int
SC_SEE_OTHER
Status code (303) indicating that the response to the request can be found under a different URI.
public static final int
SC_NOT_MODIFIED
Status code (304) indicating that a conditional GET operation found that the resource was available and not modified.
public static final int
SC_USE_PROXY
Status code (305) indicating that the requested resource MUST be accessed through the proxy given by the Location field.
public static final int
SC_TEMPORARY_REDIRECT
Status code (307) indicating that the requested resource resides temporarily under a different URI. The temporary URI SHOULD be given by the Location field in the response.
public static final int
SC_BAD_REQUEST
Status code (400) indicating the request sent by the client was syntactically incorrect.
public static final int
SC_UNAUTHORIZED
Status code (401) indicating that the request requires HTTP authentication.
public static final int
SC_PAYMENT_REQUIRED
Status code (402) reserved for future use.
public static final int
SC_FORBIDDEN
Status code (403) indicating the server understood the request but refused to fulfill it.
public static final int
SC_NOT_FOUND
Status code (404) indicating that the requested resource is not available.
public static final int
SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED
Status code (405) indicating that the method specified in the Request-Line is not allowed for the resource identified by the Request-URI.
public static final int
SC_NOT_ACCEPTABLE
Status code (406) indicating that the resource identified by the request is only capable of generating response entities which have content characteristics not acceptable according to the accept headers sent in the request.
public static final int
SC_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED
Status code (407) indicating that the client MUST first authenticate itself with the proxy.
public static final int
SC_REQUEST_TIMEOUT
Status code (408) indicating that the client did not produce a request within the time that the server was prepared to wait.
public static final int
SC_CONFLICT
Status code (409) indicating that the request could not be completed due to a conflict with the current state of the resource.
public static final int
SC_GONE
Status code (410) indicating that the resource is no longer available at the server and no forwarding address is known. This condition SHOULD be considered permanent.
public static final int
SC_LENGTH_REQUIRED
Status code (411) indicating that the request cannot be handled without a defined Content-Length.
public static final int
SC_PRECONDITION_FAILED
Status code (412) indicating that the precondition given in one or more of the request-header fields evaluated to false when it was tested on the server.
public static final int
SC_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE
Status code (413) indicating that the server is refusing to process the request because the request entity is larger than the server is willing or able to process.
public static final int
SC_REQUEST_URI_TOO_LONG
Status code (414) indicating that the server is refusing to service the request because the Request-URI is longer than the server is willing to interpret.
public static final int
SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE
Status code (415) indicating that the server is refusing to service the request because the entity of the request is in a format not supported by the requested resource for the requested method.
public static final int
SC_REQUESTED_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE
Status code (416) indicating that the server cannot serve the requested byte range.
public static final int
SC_EXPECTATION_FAILED
Status code (417) indicating that the server could not meet the expectation given in the Expect request header.
public static final int
SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
Status code (500) indicating an error inside the HTTP server which prevented it from fulfilling the request.
public static final int
SC_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
Status code (501) indicating the HTTP server does not support the functionality needed to fulfill the request.
public static final int
SC_BAD_GATEWAY
Status code (502) indicating that the HTTP server received an invalid response from a server it consulted when acting as a proxy or gateway.
public static final int
SC_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
Status code (503) indicating that the HTTP server is temporarily overloaded, and unable to handle the request.
public static final int
SC_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT
Status code (504) indicating that the server did not receive a timely response from the upstream server while acting as a gateway or proxy.
public static final int
SC_HTTP_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED
Status code (505) indicating that the server does not support or refuses to support the HTTP protocol version that was used in the request message.
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public voidaddCookie(javax.servlet.http.Cookie cookie)
Adds the specified cookie to the response. This method can be called multiple times to set more than one cookie.

param
cookie the Cookie to return to the client

public voidaddDateHeader(java.lang.String name, long date)
Adds a response header with the given name and date-value. The date is specified in terms of milliseconds since the epoch. This method allows response headers to have multiple values.

param
name the name of the header to set
param
date the additional date value
see
#setDateHeader

public voidaddHeader(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)
Adds a response header with the given name and value. This method allows response headers to have multiple values.

param
name the name of the header
param
value the additional header value If it contains octet string, it should be encoded according to RFC 2047 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2047.txt)
see
#setHeader

public voidaddIntHeader(java.lang.String name, int value)
Adds a response header with the given name and integer value. This method allows response headers to have multiple values.

param
name the name of the header
param
value the assigned integer value
see
#setIntHeader

public booleancontainsHeader(java.lang.String name)
Returns a boolean indicating whether the named response header has already been set.

param
name the header name
return
true if the named response header has already been set; false otherwise

public java.lang.StringencodeRedirectURL(java.lang.String url)
Encodes the specified URL for use in the sendRedirect method or, if encoding is not needed, returns the URL unchanged. The implementation of this method includes the logic to determine whether the session ID needs to be encoded in the URL. Because the rules for making this determination can differ from those used to decide whether to encode a normal link, this method is separated from the encodeURL method.

All URLs sent to the HttpServletResponse.sendRedirect method should be run through this method. Otherwise, URL rewriting cannot be used with browsers which do not support cookies.

param
url the url to be encoded.
return
the encoded URL if encoding is needed; the unchanged URL otherwise.
see
#sendRedirect
see
#encodeUrl

public java.lang.StringencodeRedirectUrl(java.lang.String url)

deprecated
As of version 2.1, use encodeRedirectURL(String url) instead
param
url the url to be encoded.
return
the encoded URL if encoding is needed; the unchanged URL otherwise.

public java.lang.StringencodeURL(java.lang.String url)
Encodes the specified URL by including the session ID in it, or, if encoding is not needed, returns the URL unchanged. The implementation of this method includes the logic to determine whether the session ID needs to be encoded in the URL. For example, if the browser supports cookies, or session tracking is turned off, URL encoding is unnecessary.

For robust session tracking, all URLs emitted by a servlet should be run through this method. Otherwise, URL rewriting cannot be used with browsers which do not support cookies.

param
url the url to be encoded.
return
the encoded URL if encoding is needed; the unchanged URL otherwise.

public java.lang.StringencodeUrl(java.lang.String url)

deprecated
As of version 2.1, use encodeURL(String url) instead
param
url the url to be encoded.
return
the encoded URL if encoding is needed; the unchanged URL otherwise.

public voidsendError(int sc, java.lang.String msg)
Sends an error response to the client using the specified status. The server defaults to creating the response to look like an HTML-formatted server error page containing the specified message, setting the content type to "text/html", leaving cookies and other headers unmodified. If an error-page declaration has been made for the web application corresponding to the status code passed in, it will be served back in preference to the suggested msg parameter.

If the response has already been committed, this method throws an IllegalStateException. After using this method, the response should be considered to be committed and should not be written to.

param
sc the error status code
param
msg the descriptive message
exception
IOException If an input or output exception occurs
exception
IllegalStateException If the response was committed

public voidsendError(int sc)
Sends an error response to the client using the specified status code and clearing the buffer.

If the response has already been committed, this method throws an IllegalStateException. After using this method, the response should be considered to be committed and should not be written to.

param
sc the error status code
exception
IOException If an input or output exception occurs
exception
IllegalStateException If the response was committed before this method call

public voidsendRedirect(java.lang.String location)
Sends a temporary redirect response to the client using the specified redirect location URL. This method can accept relative URLs; the servlet container must convert the relative URL to an absolute URL before sending the response to the client. If the location is relative without a leading '/' the container interprets it as relative to the current request URI. If the location is relative with a leading '/' the container interprets it as relative to the servlet container root.

If the response has already been committed, this method throws an IllegalStateException. After using this method, the response should be considered to be committed and should not be written to.

param
location the redirect location URL
exception
IOException If an input or output exception occurs
exception
IllegalStateException If the response was committed or if a partial URL is given and cannot be converted into a valid URL

public voidsetDateHeader(java.lang.String name, long date)
Sets a response header with the given name and date-value. The date is specified in terms of milliseconds since the epoch. If the header had already been set, the new value overwrites the previous one. The containsHeader method can be used to test for the presence of a header before setting its value.

param
name the name of the header to set
param
date the assigned date value
see
#containsHeader
see
#addDateHeader

public voidsetHeader(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)
Sets a response header with the given name and value. If the header had already been set, the new value overwrites the previous one. The containsHeader method can be used to test for the presence of a header before setting its value.

param
name the name of the header
param
value the header value If it contains octet string, it should be encoded according to RFC 2047 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2047.txt)
see
#containsHeader
see
#addHeader

public voidsetIntHeader(java.lang.String name, int value)
Sets a response header with the given name and integer value. If the header had already been set, the new value overwrites the previous one. The containsHeader method can be used to test for the presence of a header before setting its value.

param
name the name of the header
param
value the assigned integer value
see
#containsHeader
see
#addIntHeader

public voidsetStatus(int sc)
Sets the status code for this response. This method is used to set the return status code when there is no error (for example, for the status codes SC_OK or SC_MOVED_TEMPORARILY). If there is an error, and the caller wishes to invoke an error-page defined in the web application, the sendError method should be used instead.

The container clears the buffer and sets the Location header, preserving cookies and other headers.

param
sc the status code
see
#sendError

public voidsetStatus(int sc, java.lang.String sm)

deprecated
As of version 2.1, due to ambiguous meaning of the message parameter. To set a status code use setStatus(int), to send an error with a description use sendError(int, String). Sets the status code and message for this response.
param
sc the status code
param
sm the status message