RESTful Web Service Discoverability with Spring MVC 3.1, part 4 - the HTTP Header utils

HTTPHeaderUtils.java

public static List< String > parseLinkHeader( String linkHeader ){
   Preconditions.checkNotNull( linkHeader );
   
   List< String > linkHeaders = Lists.newArrayList();
   String[] links = linkHeader.split( ", " );
   for( final String link : links ){
      int positionOfSeparator = link.indexOf( ';' );
      linkHeaders.add( link.substring( 1, positionOfSeparator - 1 ) );
   }
   
   return linkHeaders;
}
public static String parseSingleLinkHeader( String linkHeader ){
   Preconditions.checkNotNull( linkHeader );
   int positionOfSeparator = linkHeader.indexOf( ';' );
   
   return linkHeader.substring( 1, positionOfSeparator - 1 );
}

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http://www.baeldung.com/2011/11/06/restful-web-service-discoverability-part-4/