BBjHttpRequest::getHeader (Deprecated)

BBjHttpRequest::getHeader is deprecated for BBj 21.00 and higher, and has been replaced by BBxServletRequest::getHeader.

Description

In BBj 12.00 and higher, this method returns the specified header value from the BBjHttpRequest object.

Syntax

Return Value	Method
string	getHeader(string name)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
name	the name of the header

Return Value

a String containing the value of the header

Remarks

The example below shows getting the value of the User-Agent header from a request within a BBjServlet.

Example

rem 'Obtain the instance of the BBjAPI object

let myAPI! = BBjAPI()
MyServlet! = new MyServlet()

data!.setCallback(data!.ON_WEB_CONNECTION, myServlet!, "myMethod")

process_events

class public MyServlet
    method public void myMethod(BBjServletEvent p_event!)
        let chan = UNT
        request! = p_event!.getHttpRequest()
        response! = p_event!.getHttpResponse()
        response!.setContentType("text/html")
        session! = request!.getSession()
        open (chan)"JSERVLET"
        print (chan)"<html><body><h1>Hello BBj!</h1>"
        print (chan)"User Agent:"+ request!.getHeader("User-Agent")
        print (chan)"</body></html>"
        close (chan)
    methodend
classend