ExternalContentHandlerFactory (Fedora Commons 6.0.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.fcrepo.http.api.ExternalContentHandlerFactory

```
public class ExternalContentHandlerFactory
extends Object
```
Constructs ExternalContentHandler objects from link headers

Author:

bbpennel

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ExternalContentHandlerFactory()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ExternalContentHandler`	`createFromLinks(List<String> links)`	Looks for ExternalContent link header and if it finds one it will return a new ExternalContentHandler object based on the found Link header.
`void`	`setValidator(ExternalContentPathValidator validator)`	Set the external content path validator

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ExternalContentHandlerFactory
```
public ExternalContentHandlerFactory()
```
- Method Detail
  - createFromLinks
```
public ExternalContentHandler createFromLinks(List<String> links)
                                       throws ExternalMessageBodyException
```
    Looks for ExternalContent link header and if it finds one it will return a new ExternalContentHandler object based on the found Link header. If multiple external content headers were found or the URI provided in the header is not a valid external content path, then an ExternalMessageBodyException will be thrown.
    
    Parameters:
    
    links - links from the request header
    
    Returns:
    
    External Content Handler Object if Link header found, else null
    
    Throws:
    
    ExternalMessageBodyException - thrown if more than one external content link was provided, or if the URL of the header was not a valid external content path.
  - setValidator
```
public void setValidator(ExternalContentPathValidator validator)
```
    Set the external content path validator
    
    Parameters:
    
    validator - validator