javax.sip.header
Interface EventHeader

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, Header, Parameters, java.io.Serializable

public interface EventHeader
extends Parameters, Header

This interface represents the Event SIP header, as defined by RFC3265, this header is not part of RFC3261.

For the purposes of matching responses and NOTIFY messages with SUBSCRIBE messages, the event-type portion of the "Event" header is compared byte-by-byte, and the "id" parameter token (if present) is compared byte-by-byte. An "Event" header containing an "id" parameter never matches an "Event" header without an "id" parameter. No other parameters are considered when performing a comparison, i.e. "Event: foo; id=1234" would match "Event: foo; param=abcd; id=1234", but not "Event: Foo; id=1234".

There MUST be exactly one event type listed per event header. Multiple events per message are disallowed i.e Subscribers MUST include exactly one "Event" header in SUBSCRIBE requests, indicating to which event or class of events they are subscribing. The "Event" header will contain a token which indicates the type of state for which a subscription is being requested. This token will correspond to an event package which further describes the semantics of the event or event class. The "Event" header MAY also contain an "id" parameter. When a subscription is created in the notifier, it stores the event package name and the "Event" header "id" parameter (if present) as part of the subscription information.

This "id" parameter, if present:

• contains an opaque token which identifies the specific subscription within a dialog.
• is only valid within the scope of a single dialog.
• if contained in the initial SUBSCRIBE message on the "Event" header, then refreshes of the subscription must also contain an identical "id" parameter, they will otherwise be considered new subscriptions in an existing dialog.
• if present in the SUBSCRIBE message, that "id" parameter MUST also be present in the corresponding NOTIFY messages.

If the event package to which the event token corresponds defines behavior associated with the body of its SUBSCRIBE requests or parameters for the Event header, those semantics apply.

Author:

BEA Systems, NIST

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

NAME Name of EventHeader

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getEventId() Gets the id of the EventHeader.
java.lang.String	getEventType() Gets the eventType of the EventHeader.
void	setEventId(java.lang.String eventId) Sets the id to the newly supplied eventId string.
void	setEventType(java.lang.String eventType) Sets the eventType to the newly supplied eventType string.

Methods inherited from interface javax.sip.header.Parameters

getParameter, getParameterNames, removeParameter, setParameter

Methods inherited from interface javax.sip.header.Header

clone, equals, getName, hashCode, toString

Field Detail

NAME

static final java.lang.String NAME

Name of EventHeader

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

setEventType

void setEventType(java.lang.String eventType)
                  throws java.text.ParseException

Sets the eventType to the newly supplied eventType string.

Parameters:

eventType - - the new string defining the eventType supported in this EventHeader

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - which signals that an error has been reached unexpectedly while parsing the eventType value.

getEventType

java.lang.String getEventType()

Gets the eventType of the EventHeader.

Returns:

the string object identifing the eventType of EventHeader.

setEventId

void setEventId(java.lang.String eventId)
                throws java.text.ParseException

Sets the id to the newly supplied eventId string.

Parameters:

eventId - - the new string defining the eventId of this EventHeader

Throws:

java.text.ParseException - which signals that an error has been reached unexpectedly while parsing the eventId value.

getEventId

java.lang.String getEventId()

Gets the id of the EventHeader. This method may return null if the eventId is not set.

Returns:

the string object identifing the eventId of EventHeader.