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public class: HttpVersion [javadoc | source]
java.lang.Object
   org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpVersion

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HTTP version, as specified in RFC 2616.

HTTP uses a "<major>.<minor>" numbering scheme to indicate versions of the protocol. The protocol versioning policy is intended to allow the sender to indicate the format of a message and its capacity for understanding further HTTP communication, rather than the features obtained via that communication. No change is made to the version number for the addition of message components which do not affect communication behavior or which only add to extensible field values. The <minor> number is incremented when the changes made to the protocol add features which do not change the general message parsing algorithm, but which may add to the message semantics and imply additional capabilities of the sender. The <major> number is incremented when the format of a message within the protocol is changed. See RFC 2145 [36] for a fuller explanation.

The version of an HTTP message is indicated by an HTTP-Version field in the first line of the message.

HTTP-Version = "HTTP" "/" 1*DIGIT "." 1*DIGIT

Note that the major and minor numbers MUST be treated as separate integers and that each MAY be incremented higher than a single digit. Thus, HTTP/2.4 is a lower version than HTTP/2.13, which in turn is lower than HTTP/12.3. Leading zeros MUST be ignored by recipients and MUST NOT be sent.

Field Summary
public static final  HttpVersion HTTP_0_9    HTTP protocol version 0.9 
public static final  HttpVersion HTTP_1_0    HTTP protocol version 1.0 
public static final  HttpVersion HTTP_1_1    HTTP protocol version 1.1 
Constructor:
 public HttpVersion(int major,
    int minor) 
Method from org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpVersion Summary:
compareTo,   compareTo,   equals,   equals,   getMajor,   getMinor,   greaterEquals,   hashCode,   lessEquals,   parse,   toString
Methods from java.lang.Object:
equals,   getClass,   hashCode,   notify,   notifyAll,   toString,   wait,   wait,   wait
Method from org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpVersion Detail:
 public int compareTo(HttpVersion anotherVer) 
    Compares this HTTP protocol version with another one.
 public int compareTo(Object o) 
 public boolean equals(Object obj) 
 public boolean equals(HttpVersion version) 
    Test if the HTTP protocol version is equal to the given number.
 public int getMajor() 
    Returns the major version number of the HTTP protocol.
 public int getMinor() 
    Returns the minor version number of the HTTP protocol.
 public boolean greaterEquals(HttpVersion version) 
    Test if the HTTP protocol version is greater or equal to the given number.
 public int hashCode() 
 public boolean lessEquals(HttpVersion version) 
    Test if the HTTP protocol version is less or equal to the given number.
 public static HttpVersion parse(String s) throws ProtocolException 
    Parses the textual representation of the given HTTP protocol version.
 public String toString()