Package io.netty.handler.codec.http

Class HttpHeaderValidationUtil

  • public final class HttpHeaderValidationUtil
extends Object
    Functions used to perform various validations of HTTP header names and values.

    • Method Detail

      • isConnectionHeader

        public static boolean isConnectionHeader​(CharSequence name,
                                         boolean ignoreTeHeader)
        Check if a header name is "connection related".

        The RFC9110 only specify an incomplete list of the following headers:

        • Connection
        • Proxy-Connection
        • Keep-Alive
        • TE
        • Transfer-Encoding
        • Upgrade
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the header to check. The check is case-insensitive.
        ignoreTeHeader - true if the TE header should be ignored by this check. This is relevant for HTTP/2 header validation, where the TE header has special rules.
        Returns:
        true if the given header name is one of the specified connection-related headers.

      • isTeNotTrailers

        public static boolean isTeNotTrailers​(CharSequence name,
                                      CharSequence value)
        If the given header is HttpHeaderNames.TE and the given header value is not HttpHeaderValues.TRAILERS, then return true. Otherwie, false.

        The string comparisons are case-insensitive.

        This check is important for HTTP/2 header validation.

        Parameters:
        name - the header name to check if it is TE or not.
        value - the header value to check if it is something other than TRAILERS.
        Returns:
        true only if the header name is TE, and the header value is not TRAILERS. Otherwise, false.

      • validateValidHeaderValue

        public static int validateValidHeaderValue​(CharSequence value)
        Validate the given HTTP header value by searching for any illegal characters.
        Parameters:
        value - the HTTP header value to validate.
        Returns:
        the index of the first illegal character found, or -1 if there are none and the header value is valid.

      • validateToken

        public static int validateToken​(CharSequence token)
        Validate a token contains only allowed characters.

        The token format is used for variety of HTTP components, like cookie-name, field-name of a header-field, or request method.

        Parameters:
        token - the token to validate.
        Returns:
        the index of the first invalid token character found, or -1 if there are none.