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/**
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* Unpublished - rights reserved under the Copyright Laws of the United States.
* Copyright ? 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* Copyright ? 2005 BEA Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
*
* Use is subject to license terms.
*
* This distribution may include materials developed by third parties.
*
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*
* Module Name : JSIP Specification
* File Name : ToHeader.java
* Author : Phelim O'Doherty
*
* HISTORY
* Version Date Author Comments
* 1.1 08/10/2002 Phelim O'Doherty
* 12/15/2004 M. Ranganathan Added clarification for To header setTag()
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*/
package javax.sip.header;
import java.text.ParseException;
/**
* The To header field first and foremost specifies the desired "logical"
* recipient of the request, or the address-of-record of the user or resource
* that is the target of this request. This may or may not be the ultimate
* recipient of the request. Requests and Responses must contain a ToHeader,
* indicating the desired recipient of the Request. The UAS or redirect server
* copies the ToHeader into its Response.
*
* The To header field MAY contain a SIP or SIPS URI, but it may also make use
* of other URI schemes i.e the telURL, when appropriate. All SIP
* implementations MUST support the SIP URI scheme. Any implementation that
* supports TLS MUST support the SIPS URI scheme. Like the From header field,
* it contains a URI and optionally a display name, encapsulated in a
* {@link javax.sip.address.Address}.
*
* A UAC may learn how to populate the To header field for a particular request
* in a number of ways. Usually the user will suggest the To header field
* through a human interface, perhaps inputting the URI manually or selecting
* it from some sort of address book. Using the string to form the user part
* of a SIP URI implies that the User Agent wishes the name to be resolved in the
* domain to the right-hand side (RHS) of the at-sign in the SIP URI. Using
* the string to form the user part of a SIPS URI implies that the User Agent wishes to
* communicate securely, and that the name is to be resolved in the domain to
* the RHS of the at-sign. The RHS will frequently be the home domain of the
* requestor, which allows for the home domain to process the outgoing request.
* This is useful for features like "speed dial" that require interpretation of
* the user part in the home domain.
*
* The telURL may be used when the User Agent does not wish to specify the domain that
* should interpret a telephone number that has been input by the user. Rather,
* each domain through which the request passes would be given that opportunity.
* As an example, a user in an airport might log in and send requests through
* an outbound proxy in the airport. If they enter "411" (this is the phone
* number for local directory assistance in the United States), that needs to
* be interpreted and processed by the outbound proxy in the airport, not the
* user's home domain. In this case, tel:411 would be the right choice.
*
* Two To header fields are equivalent if their URIs match, and their
* parameters match. Extension parameters in one header field, not present in
* the other are ignored for the purposes of comparison. This means that the
* display name and presence or absence of angle brackets do not affect
* matching.
*
* - The "Tag" parameter - is used in the To and From header fields of SIP
* messages. It serves as a general mechanism to identify a dialog, which is
* the combination of the Call-ID along with two tags, one from each
* participant in the dialog. When a UA sends a request outside of a dialog,
* it contains a From tag only, providing "half" of the dialog ID. The dialog
* is completed from the response(s), each of which contributes the second half
* in the To header field. When a tag is generated by a UA for insertion into
* a request or response, it MUST be globally unique and cryptographically
* random with at least 32 bits of randomness. Besides the requirement for
* global uniqueness, the algorithm for generating a tag is implementation
* specific. Tags are helpful in fault tolerant systems, where a dialog is to
* be recovered on an alternate server after a failure. A UAS can select the
* tag in such a way that a backup can recognize a request as part of a dialog
* on the failed server, and therefore determine that it should attempt to
* recover the dialog and any other state associated with it.
*
* A request outside of a dialog MUST NOT contain a To tag; the tag in the To
* field of a request identifies the peer of the dialog. Since no dialog is
* established, no tag is present.
*
* For Example:
* To: Carol sip:[email protected]
* To: Duke sip:[email protected];tag=287447
*
* @see HeaderAddress
* @author BEA Systems, NIST
* @version 1.2
*/
public interface ToHeader extends HeaderAddress, Parameters, Header {
/**
* Sets the tag parameter of the ToHeader. The tag in the To field of a
* request identifies the peer of the dialog. If no dialog is established,
* no tag is present.
*
* The To Header MUST contain a new "tag" parameter. When acting as a UAC
* the To "tag" is maintained by the SipProvider from the dialog layer,
* however whan acting as a UAS the To "tag" is assigned by the application.
* That is the tag assignment for outbound responses for messages in a
* dialog is only the responsibility of the application for the first
* outbound response. If AUTOMATIC_DIALOG_SUPPORT is set to on
* (default behavior) then, after dialog establishment, the stack will take care
* of the tag assignment. Null is acceptable as a tag value. Supplying null
* for the tag results in a header without a tag.
*
* @param tag - the new tag of the To Header
* @throws ParseException which signals that an error has been reached
* unexpectedly while parsing the Tag value.
*/
public void setTag(String tag) throws ParseException;
/**
* Gets tag of ToHeader. The Tag parameter identified the Peer of the
* dialogue.
*
* @return the tag parameter of the ToHeader. Returns null if no Tag is
* present, i.e no dialogue is established.
*/
public String getTag();
/**
* Compare this ToHeader for equality with another. This method
* overrides the equals method in javax.sip.Header. This method specifies
* object equality as outlined by
* RFC3261.
* Two To header fields are equivalent if their URIs match, and their
* parameters match. Extension parameters in one header field, not present
* in the other are ignored for the purposes of comparison. This means that
* the display name and presence or absence of angle brackets do not affect
* matching. When comparing header fields, field names are always
* case-insensitive. Unless otherwise stated in the definition of a
* particular header field, field values, parameter names, and parameter
* values are case-insensitive. Tokens are always case-insensitive. Unless
* specified otherwise, values expressed as quoted strings are case-sensitive.
*
* @param obj the object to compare this ToHeader with.
* @return true if obj is an instance of this class
* representing the same ToHeader as this, false otherwise.
* @since v1.2
*/
public boolean equals(Object obj);
/**
* Name of the ToHeader
*/
public final static String NAME = "To";
}