org.apache.http.message

## Class BasicTokenIterator

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.http.message.BasicTokenIterator

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Iterator<Object>, TokenIterator

    @NotThreadSafe
    public class BasicTokenIterator
    extends Object
    implements TokenIterator

Basic implementation of a `TokenIterator`. This implementation parses `#token`sequences as defined by RFC 2616, section 2. It extends that definition somewhat beyond US-ASCII.``

Since:
  4.0

### Field Summary

Fields
`protected String` `currentHeader` The value of the current header.
`protected String` `currentToken` The token to be returned by the next call to `nextToken()`.
`protected HeaderIterator` `headerIt` The iterator from which to obtain the next header.
`static String` `HTTP_SEPARATORS` The HTTP separator characters.
`protected int` `searchPos` The position after `currentToken` in `currentHeader`.

### Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`BasicTokenIterator(HeaderIterator headerIterator)` Creates a new instance of `BasicTokenIterator`.

### Method Summary

Methods
`protected String` `createToken(String value, int start, int end)` Creates a new token to be returned.
`protected int` `findNext(int pos)` Determines the next token.
`protected int` `findTokenEnd(int from)` Determines the ending position of the current token.
`protected int` `findTokenSeparator(int pos)` Determines the position of the next token separator.
`protected int` `findTokenStart(int pos)` Determines the starting position of the next token.
`boolean` `hasNext()` Indicates whether there is another token in this iteration.
`protected boolean` `isHttpSeparator(char ch)` Checks whether a character is an HTTP separator.
`protected boolean` `isTokenChar(char ch)` Checks whether a character is a valid token character.
`protected boolean` `isTokenSeparator(char ch)` Checks whether a character is a token separator.
`protected boolean` `isWhitespace(char ch)` Checks whether a character is a whitespace character.
`Object` `next()` Returns the next token.
`String` `nextToken()` Obtains the next token from this iteration.
`void` `remove()` Removing tokens is not supported.

### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

### Field Detail

#### HTTP_SEPARATORS

    public static final String HTTP_SEPARATORS

The HTTP separator characters. Defined in RFC 2616, section 2.2.

See Also:
  Constant Field Values

#### headerIt

    protected final HeaderIterator headerIt

The iterator from which to obtain the next header.

#### currentHeader

    protected String currentHeader

The value of the current header. This is the header value that includes `currentToken`. Undefined if the iteration is over.

#### currentToken

    protected String currentToken

The token to be returned by the next call to `nextToken()`. `null` if the iteration is over.

#### searchPos

    protected int searchPos

The position after `currentToken` in `currentHeader`. Undefined if the iteration is over.

### Constructor Detail

#### BasicTokenIterator

    public BasicTokenIterator(HeaderIterator headerIterator)

Creates a new instance of `BasicTokenIterator`.

Parameters:
  `headerIterator` - the iterator for the headers to tokenize

### Method Detail

#### hasNext

    public boolean hasNext()

Description copied from interface: `TokenIterator`
Indicates whether there is another token in this iteration.

Specified by:
  `hasNext` in interface `Iterator<Object>`
Specified by:
  `hasNext` in interface `TokenIterator`
Returns:
  `true` if there is another token, `false` otherwise

#### nextToken

    public String nextToken()
                     throws NoSuchElementException,
                            ParseException

Obtains the next token from this iteration.

Specified by:
  `nextToken` in interface `TokenIterator`
Returns:
  the next token in this iteration
Throws:
  `NoSuchElementException` - if the iteration is already over
  `ParseException` - if an invalid header value is encountered

#### next

    public final Object next()
                      throws NoSuchElementException,
                             ParseException

Returns the next token. Same as `nextToken()`, but with generic return type.

Specified by:
  `next` in interface `Iterator<Object>`
Returns:
  the next token in this iteration
Throws:
  `NoSuchElementException` - if there are no more tokens
  `ParseException` - if an invalid header value is encountered

#### remove

    public final void remove()
                      throws UnsupportedOperationException

Removing tokens is not supported.

Specified by:
  `remove` in interface `Iterator<Object>`
Throws:
  `UnsupportedOperationException` - always

#### findNext

    protected int findNext(int pos)
                    throws ParseException

Determines the next token. If found, the token is stored in `currentToken`. The return value indicates the position after the token in `currentHeader`. If necessary, the next header will be obtained from `headerIt`. If not found, `currentToken` is set to `null`.

Parameters:
  `pos` - the position in the current header at which to start the search, -1 to search in the first header
Returns:
  the position after the found token in the current header, or negative if there was no next token
Throws:
  `ParseException` - if an invalid header value is encountered

#### createToken

    protected String createToken(String value,
                     int start,
                     int end)

Creates a new token to be returned. Called from `findNext` after the token is identified. The default implementation simply calls `String.substring`.
If header values are significantly longer than tokens, and some tokens are permanently referenced by the application, there can be problems with garbage collection. A substring will hold a reference to the full characters of the original string and therefore occupies more memory than might be expected. To avoid this, override this method and create a new string instead of a substring.

Parameters:
  `value` - the full header value from which to create a token
  `start` - the index of the first token character
  `end` - the index after the last token character
Returns:
  a string representing the token identified by the arguments

#### findTokenStart

    protected int findTokenStart(int pos)

Determines the starting position of the next token. This method will iterate over headers if necessary.

Parameters:
  `pos` - the position in the current header at which to start the search
Returns:
  the position of the token start in the current header, negative if no token start could be found

#### findTokenSeparator

    protected int findTokenSeparator(int pos)

Determines the position of the next token separator. Because of multi-header joining rules, the end of a header value is a token separator. This method does therefore not need to iterate over headers.

Parameters:
  `pos` - the position in the current header at which to start the search
Returns:
  the position of a token separator in the current header, or at the end
Throws:
  `ParseException` - if a new token is found before a token separator. RFC 2616, section 2.1 explicitly requires a comma between tokens for `#`.

#### findTokenEnd

    protected int findTokenEnd(int from)

Determines the ending position of the current token. This method will not leave the current header value, since the end of the header value is a token boundary.

Parameters:
  `from` - the position of the first character of the token
Returns:
  the position after the last character of the token. The behavior is undefined if `from` does not point to a token character in the current header value.

#### isTokenSeparator

    protected boolean isTokenSeparator(char ch)

Checks whether a character is a token separator. RFC 2616, section 2.1 defines comma as the separator for `#token` sequences. The end of a header value will also separate tokens, but that is not a character check.

Parameters:
  `ch` - the character to check
Returns:
  `true` if the character is a token separator, `false` otherwise

#### isWhitespace

    protected boolean isWhitespace(char ch)

Checks whether a character is a whitespace character. RFC 2616, section 2.2 defines space and horizontal tab as whitespace. The optional preceeding line break is irrelevant, since header continuation is handled transparently when parsing messages.

Parameters:
  `ch` - the character to check
Returns:
  `true` if the character is whitespace, `false` otherwise

#### isTokenChar

    protected boolean isTokenChar(char ch)

Checks whether a character is a valid token character. Whitespace, control characters, and HTTP separators are not valid token characters. The HTTP specification (RFC 2616, section 2.2) defines tokens only for the US-ASCII character set, this method extends the definition to other character sets.

Parameters:
  `ch` - the character to check
Returns:
  `true` if the character is a valid token start, `false` otherwise

#### isHttpSeparator

    protected boolean isHttpSeparator(char ch)

Checks whether a character is an HTTP separator. The implementation in this class checks only for the HTTP separators defined in RFC 2616, section 2.2. If you need to detect other separators beyond the US-ASCII character set, override this method.

Parameters:
  `ch` - the character to check
Returns:
  `true` if the character is an HTTP separator