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<pre>public abstract class <span class="typeNameLabel">Link</span>
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<div class="block"><p>Class representing hypermedia links. A hypermedia link may include additional
parameters beyond its underlying URI. Parameters such as <code>rel</code> or <code>type</code>
provide additional meta-data. Links in responses can be <em>followed</em> by
creating an <a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/client/Invocation.Builder.html" title="interface in javax.ws.rs.client"><code>Invocation.Builder</code></a> or a
<a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/client/WebTarget.html" title="interface in javax.ws.rs.client"><code>WebTarget</code></a>.</p>
<p>The methods <a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.html#toString--"><code>toString()</code></a> and <a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.html#valueOf-java.lang.String-"><code>valueOf(java.lang.String)</code></a> can be used to serialize
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<dd>value of type parameter or <code>null</code>.</dd>
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<pre>public abstract&nbsp;java.util.Map&lt;java.lang.String,java.lang.String&gt;&nbsp;getParams()</pre>
<div class="block">Returns an immutable map that includes all the link parameters
defined on this link. If defined, this map will include entries
for <code>rel</code>, <code>title</code> and <code>type</code>.</div>
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<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>immutable map of link parameters.</dd>
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<pre>public abstract&nbsp;java.lang.String&nbsp;toString()</pre>
<div class="block">Returns a string representation as a link header (RFC 5988).
All link params are serialized as link-param="value" where value
is a quoted-string. For example,
<http://foo.bar/employee/john>; title="employee"; rel="manager friend"</div>
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<dt><span class="overrideSpecifyLabel">Overrides:</span></dt>
<dd><code>toString</code>&nbsp;in class&nbsp;<code>java.lang.Object</code></dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>string link header representation for this link.</dd>
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<pre>public static&nbsp;<a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.html" title="class in javax.ws.rs.core">Link</a>&nbsp;valueOf(java.lang.String&nbsp;value)</pre>
<div class="block">Simple parser to convert link header string representations into a link.
<pre>
link ::= '<' uri '>' (';' link-param)*
link-param ::= name '=' quoted-string
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See <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988">RFC 5988</a> for more information.</div>
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<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>value</code> - String representation.</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>newly parsed link.</dd>
<dt><span class="throwsLabel">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</code> - if a syntax error is found.</dd>
<dt><span class="seeLabel">See Also:</span></dt>
<dd><a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.Builder.html#link-java.lang.String-"><code>Link.Builder.link(java.lang.String)</code></a></dd>
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<pre>public static&nbsp;<a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.Builder.html" title="interface in javax.ws.rs.core">Link.Builder</a>&nbsp;fromUri(java.net.URI&nbsp;uri)</pre>
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<dd><code>uri</code> - a URI that will be used to initialize the builder.</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>a new builder.</dd>
<dt><span class="throwsLabel">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</code> - if uri is <code>null</code>.</dd>
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<pre>public static&nbsp;<a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.Builder.html" title="interface in javax.ws.rs.core">Link.Builder</a>&nbsp;fromUri(java.lang.String&nbsp;uri)</pre>
<div class="block">Create a new builder instance initialized from an existing URI represented as a string.</div>
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<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>uri</code> - a URI that will be used to initialize the builder.</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>a new builder.</dd>
<dt><span class="throwsLabel">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</code> - if uri is <code>null</code>.</dd>
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<pre>public static&nbsp;<a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.Builder.html" title="interface in javax.ws.rs.core">Link.Builder</a>&nbsp;fromUriBuilder(<a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/UriBuilder.html" title="class in javax.ws.rs.core">UriBuilder</a>&nbsp;uriBuilder)</pre>
<div class="block">Create a new builder instance initialized from a URI builder.</div>
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<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>uriBuilder</code> - instance of URI builder.</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>a new builder.</dd>
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<pre>public static&nbsp;<a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.Builder.html" title="interface in javax.ws.rs.core">Link.Builder</a>&nbsp;fromLink(<a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.html" title="class in javax.ws.rs.core">Link</a>&nbsp;link)</pre>
<div class="block">Create a new builder instance initialized from another link.</div>
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<dd><code>link</code> - other link used for initialization.</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>a new builder.</dd>
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<pre>public static&nbsp;<a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.Builder.html" title="interface in javax.ws.rs.core">Link.Builder</a>&nbsp;fromPath(java.lang.String&nbsp;path)</pre>
<div class="block">Convenience method to build a link from a path. Equivalent to
<code>fromUriBuilder(UriBuilder.fromPath(path))</code>.</div>
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<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>path</code> - a URI path that will be used to initialize the Link, may contain
URI template parameters.</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>a new Link.Builder.</dd>
<dt><span class="throwsLabel">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</code> - if path is <code>null</code>.</dd>
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<pre>public static&nbsp;<a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.Builder.html" title="interface in javax.ws.rs.core">Link.Builder</a>&nbsp;fromResource(java.lang.Class&lt;?&gt;&nbsp;resource)</pre>
<div class="block">Convenience method to build a link from a resource. Equivalent to
<code>Link.fromUriBuilder({@link UriBuilder#fromResource UriBuilder.fromResource(resource)})</code>.
Note that the link URI passed to the <code>Link.Builder</code> instance returned by this
method is relative. Should the link be built as absolute, a <a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.Builder.html#baseUri-java.net.URI-"><code>base URI</code></a> has to be specified in the builder prior to building the new link instance.
For example, on a server side a <a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/UriInfo.html#getBaseUri--"><code>UriInfo.getBaseUri()</code></a> may be typically used to define
the base URI of a link created using this method.</div>
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<dd><code>resource</code> - a root resource whose <a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/Path.html" title="annotation in javax.ws.rs"><code>Path</code></a> value will be used
to initialize the builder.</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>a new <a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.Builder.html" title="interface in javax.ws.rs.core"><code>link builder</code></a> instance.</dd>
<dt><span class="throwsLabel">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</code> - if resource is not annotated with <a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/Path.html" title="annotation in javax.ws.rs"><code>Path</code></a>
or resource is <code>null</code>.</dd>
<dt><span class="seeLabel">See Also:</span></dt>
<dd><a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/UriInfo.html#getBaseUri--"><code>UriInfo.getBaseUri()</code></a></dd>
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<pre>public static&nbsp;<a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.Builder.html" title="interface in javax.ws.rs.core">Link.Builder</a>&nbsp;fromMethod(java.lang.Class&lt;?&gt;&nbsp;resource,
java.lang.String&nbsp;method)</pre>
<div class="block">Convenience method to build a link from a resource. Equivalent to
<code>Link.fromUriBuilder({@link UriBuilder#fromMethod(Class, String) UriBuilder.fromMethod(resource, method)})</code>.
Note that the link URI passed to the <code>Link.Builder</code> instance returned by this
method is relative. Should the link be built as absolute, a <a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/Link.Builder.html#baseUri-java.net.URI-"><code>base URI</code></a> has to be specified in the builder prior to building the new link instance.
For example, on a server side a <a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/UriInfo.html#getBaseUri--"><code>UriInfo.getBaseUri()</code></a> may be typically used to define
the base URI of a link created using this method.</div>
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<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>resource</code> - the resource containing the method.</dd>
<dd><code>method</code> - the name of the method whose <a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/Path.html" title="annotation in javax.ws.rs"><code>Path</code></a> value will be used
to obtain the path to append.</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>the updated Link.Builder.</dd>
<dt><span class="throwsLabel">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</code> - if resource or method is <code>null</code>, or there is more
than or less than one variant of the method annotated with
<a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/Path.html" title="annotation in javax.ws.rs"><code>Path</code></a>.</dd>
<dt><span class="seeLabel">See Also:</span></dt>
<dd><a href="../../../../javax/ws/rs/core/UriInfo.html#getBaseUri--"><code>UriInfo.getBaseUri()</code></a></dd>
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