bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet/src/org/eclipse/equinox/http/servlet/RangeAwareServletContextHelper.java

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 *    Liferay, Inc. - initial API and implementation and/or initial
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package org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet;

import org.osgi.framework.Bundle;
import org.osgi.service.http.context.ServletContextHelper;

/**
 * A custom servlet context helper type providing support for predicting the need
 * for ranged content responses based on the content type and the user agent.
 *
 * @since 1.5
 */
public abstract class RangeAwareServletContextHelper extends ServletContextHelper {

	public RangeAwareServletContextHelper() {
		super();
	}

	public RangeAwareServletContextHelper(Bundle bundle) {
		super(bundle);
	}

	/**
	 * Return true if the content type should result in a ranged content response
	 * based on the user agent. The user agent value is obtained from the
	 * {@code User-Agent} request header.
	 * <p>
	 * This mechanism is only applicable if the browser didn't make a range request
	 * for a known ranged content type.
	 *
	 * @param contentType the content type of the request
	 * @param userAgent the value obtained from the "User-Agent" header
	 */
	public boolean rangeableContentType(String contentType, String userAgent) {
		return false;
	}

}