juneau-core/juneau-marshall/src/main/java/org/apache/juneau/http/Pragma.java

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package org.apache.juneau.http;

import org.apache.juneau.http.annotation.*;

/**
 * Represents a parsed <l>Pragma</l> HTTP request/response header.
 *
 * <p>
 * Implementation-specific fields that may have various effects anywhere along the request-response chain.
 *
 * <h5 class='figure'>Example</h5>
 * <p class='bcode w800'>
 * 	Pragma: no-cache
 * </p>
 *
 * <h5 class='topic'>RFC2616 Specification</h5>
 *
 * The Pragma general-header field is used to include implementation- specific directives that might apply to any
 * recipient along the request/response chain.
 * All pragma directives specify optional behavior from the viewpoint of the protocol; however, some systems MAY
 * require that behavior be consistent with the directives.
 *
 * <p class='bcode w800'>
 * 	Pragma            = "Pragma" ":" 1#pragma-directive
 * 	pragma-directive  = "no-cache" | extension-pragma
 * 	extension-pragma  = token [ "=" ( token | quoted-string ) ]
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * When the no-cache directive is present in a request message, an application SHOULD forward the request toward the
 * origin server even if it has a cached copy of what is being requested.
 * This pragma directive has the same semantics as the no-cache cache-directive (see section 14.9) and is defined here
 * for backward compatibility with HTTP/1.0.
 * Clients SHOULD include both header fields when a no-cache request is sent to a server not known to be HTTP/1.1
 * compliant.
 *
 * <p>
 * Pragma directives MUST be passed through by a proxy or gateway application, regardless of their significance to that
 * application, since the directives might be applicable to all recipients along the request/response chain.
 * It is not possible to specify a pragma for a specific recipient; however, any pragma directive not relevant to a
 * recipient SHOULD be ignored by that recipient.
 *
 * <p>
 * HTTP/1.1 caches SHOULD treat "Pragma: no-cache" as if the client had sent "Cache-Control: no-cache".
 * No new Pragma directives will be defined in HTTP.
 *
 * <p>
 * Note: because the meaning of "Pragma: no-cache as a response header field is not actually specified, it does not
 * provide a reliable replacement for "Cache-Control: no-cache" in a response.
 *
 * <ul class='seealso'>
 * 	<li class='extlink'>{@doc RFC2616}
 * </ul>
 */
@Header("Pragma")
public final class Pragma extends HeaderString {

	/**
	 * Returns a parsed <c>Pragma</c> header.
	 *
	 * @param value The <c>Pragma</c> header string.
	 * @return The parsed <c>Pragma</c> header, or <jk>null</jk> if the string was null.
	 */
	public static Pragma forString(String value) {
		if (value == null)
			return null;
		return new Pragma(value);
	}

	private Pragma(String value) {
		super(value);
	}
}