1 /*
2 * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
3 *
4 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
5 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
6 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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15 */
16 package org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http;
17
18 import java.util.Collections;
19 import java.util.List;
20 import java.util.Map;
21 import java.util.Set;
22
23 import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
24 import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers;
25 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
26
27 /**
28 * An HTTP chunk which is used for HTTP chunked transfer-encoding.
29 * {@link HttpMessageDecoder} generates {@link HttpChunk} after
30 * {@link HttpMessage} when the content is large or the encoding of the content
31 * is 'chunked. If you prefer not to receive {@link HttpChunk} in your handler,
32 * please {@link HttpChunkAggregator} after {@link HttpMessageDecoder} in the
33 * {@link ChannelPipeline}.
34 * @apiviz.landmark
35 */
36 public interface HttpChunk {
37
38 /**
39 * The 'end of content' marker in chunked encoding.
40 */
41 HttpChunkTrailer LAST_CHUNK = new HttpChunkTrailer() {
42 public ChannelBuffer getContent() {
43 return ChannelBuffers.EMPTY_BUFFER;
44 }
45
46 public void setContent(ChannelBuffer content) {
47 throw new IllegalStateException("read-only");
48 }
49
50 public boolean isLast() {
51 return true;
52 }
53
54 public HttpHeaders trailingHeaders() {
55 return HttpHeaders.EMPTY_HEADERS;
56 }
57 };
58
59 /**
60 * Returns {@code true} if and only if this chunk is the 'end of content'
61 * marker.
62 */
63 boolean isLast();
64
65 /**
66 * Returns the content of this chunk. If this is the 'end of content'
67 * marker, {@link ChannelBuffers#EMPTY_BUFFER} will be returned.
68 */
69 ChannelBuffer getContent();
70
71 /**
72 * Sets the content of this chunk. If an empty buffer is specified,
73 * this chunk becomes the 'end of content' marker.
74 */
75 void setContent(ChannelBuffer content);
76 }