AbstractSingleValuedHeaderFactory.java

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package org.forgerock.http.header;

import java.util.List;

import org.forgerock.http.protocol.Header;

/**
 * Convenience {@link HeaderFactory} for headers that can only have a single value.
 * @param <H> The type of {@link Header} produced by the factory.
 */
abstract class AbstractSingleValuedHeaderFactory<H extends Header> extends HeaderFactory<H> {

    @Override
    protected final H parse(List<String> values) throws MalformedHeaderException {
        switch (values.size()) {
        case 0:
            return null;
        case 1:
            return parse(values.get(0));
        default:
            throw new MalformedHeaderException("Do not expect more than 1 value.");
        }
    }

}