HttpServerResponse.java

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package org.wildfly.security.http;

import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Server side representation of a HTTP response.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:darran.lofthouse@jboss.com">Darran Lofthouse</a>
 */
public interface HttpServerResponse {

    /**
     * Add the specified header and value to the end of the current response headers,
     *
     * @param headerName the name of the header.
     * @param headerValue the value of the header.
     */
    void addResponseHeader(final String headerName, final String headerValue);

    /**
     * Set the desired status code for the current request.
     *
     * Note: If multiple mechanisms call this method then a resolution process will begin to decide which one to use.
     *
     * @param statusCode the response code.
     */
    void setStatusCode(final int statusCode);

    /**
     * Sets a response cookie
     *
     * @param cookie the cookie
     */
    void setResponseCookie(final HttpServerCookie cookie);

    /**
     * Returns the output stream.
     *
     * @return the output stream
     */
    OutputStream getOutputStream();

    /**
     * Forward the current request to a different path.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if forwarding was supported and successful, {@code false} otherwise.
     */
     boolean forward(String path);

}