Used to load the recognition tree and perform lookups of all properties, or get individual properties. Typical usage is as follows: More...

Static Public Member Functions
static Hashtable	GetTreeFromString (string json)
	Returns a loaded JSON tree from a string of JSON data. This will also initialise the changeable property recognition. More...

static Hashtable	GetTreeFromString (string json, bool includeChangeableUserAgentProperties)
	Returns a loaded JSON tree from a string of JSON data. More...

static Hashtable	GetTreeFromFile (string filename)
	Returns a tree from a JSON file, If it has been previously loaded then the version from the static cache will be returned. To reload from file call getTreeFromFile() with reload set to true. More...

static Hashtable	GetTreeFromFile (string filename, bool reload)
	Returns a tree from a JSON file. The loaded tree is stored in a static cache to avoid multiple reloads if this method is repeatedly called. To reload from the JSON file set reload to true. More...

static Hashtable	GetTreeFromFile (string filename, bool reload, bool includeChangeableUserAgentProperties)
	Returns a tree from a JSON file. The loaded tree is stored in a static cache to avoid multiple reloads if this method is repeatedly called. To reload from the JSON file set reload to true. More...

static string	GetTreeGeneration (Hashtable tree)
	Get the generation date for this tree. More...

static int	GetTreeGenerationAsTimestamp (Hashtable tree)
	Get the generation date for this tree as a UNIX timestamp. More...

static int	GetApiRevision ()
	Returns the revision number of this API More...

static int	GetTreeRevision (Hashtable tree)
	Returns the revision number of the tree More...

static Hashtable	ListProperties (Hashtable tree)
	Returns a HashMap of known property names available for the user agents in this file, with their data type names More...

static Hashtable	GetProperties (Hashtable tree, string userAgent)
	Returns a HashMap of known properties (as strings) for the user agent More...

static Hashtable	GetProperties (Hashtable tree, string userAgent, string cookie)
	Returns a HashMap of known properties merged with properties from the client side JavaScript. The client side JavaScript sets a cookie with collected properties. The contents of this cookie must be passed to this method for it to work. The client properties over-ride any properties discovered from the main JSON data file. More...

static Hashtable	GetPropertiesAsTyped (Hashtable tree, string userAgent)
	Returns a HashMap of known properties (as typed) for the user agent More...

static Hashtable	GetPropertiesAsTyped (Hashtable tree, string userAgent, string cookie)
	Returns a HashMap of known properties merged with properties from the client side JavaScript. The client side JavaScript sets a cookie with collected properties. The contents of this cookie must be passed to this method for it to work. The client properties over-ride any properties discovered from the main JSON data file. More...

static string	GetProperty (Hashtable tree, string userAgent, string property)
	Returns a value for the named property for this user agent More...

static string	GetProperty (Hashtable tree, string userAgent, string cookie, string property)
	Returns a value for the named property for this user agent More...

static string	GetPropertyAsString (Hashtable tree, string userAgent, string property)
	Strongly typed property accessor. Returns a string property (or throws an exception if the property is actually of another type) More...

static string	GetPropertyAsString (Hashtable tree, string userAgent, string cookie, string property)
	Strongly typed property accessor. Returns a string property (or throws an exception if the property is actually of another type) More...

static bool	GetPropertyAsBoolean (Hashtable tree, string userAgent, string property)
	Strongly typed property accessor. Returns a boolean property (or throws an exception if the property is actually of another type) More...

static bool	GetPropertyAsBoolean (Hashtable tree, string userAgent, string cookie, string property)
	Strongly typed property accessor. Returns a boolean property (or throws an exception if the property is actually of another type) More...

static int	GetPropertyAsInteger (Hashtable tree, string userAgent, string property)
	Strongly typed property accessor. Returns an integer property (or throws an exception if the property is actually of another type) More...

static int	GetPropertyAsInteger (Hashtable tree, string userAgent, string cookie, string property)
	Strongly typed property accessor. Returns an integer property (or throws an exception if the property is actually of another type) More...

static string	GetPropertyAsDate (Hashtable tree, string userAgent, string property)

static string	GetPropertyAsDate (Hashtable tree, string userAgent, string cookie, string property)

Detailed Description

Used to load the recognition tree and perform lookups of all properties, or get individual properties. Typical usage is as follows:

HashTable tree = Api.GetTreeFromFile("datafile.json"); HashTable prps = Api.GetProperties(tree, "Nokia6680..."); Object prop = Api.GetProperty(tree, "Nokia6680...", "displayWidth"); Note that you should normally use the user-agent that was received in the device's HTTP request. In a JSP environment, you would do this as follows: String ua = request.getHeader("User-Agent"); int displayWidth = Api.getPropertyAsInteger(tree, ua, "displayWidth"); (Also note the use of the strongly typed property accessor)

Third-party Browsers

In some contexts, the user-agent you want to recognise may have been provided in a different header. Opera's mobile browser, for example, makes requests via an HTTP proxy, which rewrites the headers. in that case, the original device's user-agent is in the "X-OperaMini-Phone-UA" header, and the following code could be used:

String ua;
String operaHeader = "X-OperaMini-Phone-UA";
if (request.getHeader(operaHeader) != null) {
    ua = request.getHeader(operaHeader);
} else {
    ua = request.getHeader("User-Agent");
}
int displayWidth = Api.getPropertyAsInteger(tree, ua, "displayWidth");

See here for more information: https://deviceatlas.com/resources/side-loaded-browser-handling

Client side properties

Client side properties can be collected and merged into the results by using the DeviceAtlas Javascript detection file. The results from the client side are sent to the server inside a cookie. The contents of this cookie can be passed to the DeviceAtlas getProperty and getProperties methods. The client side properties over-ride any data file properties and also serve as an input into additional logic to determine other properties such as the iPhone models that are otherwise not detectable. The following code shows how this can be done in a JSP:

String userAgent = request.getHeader("User-Agent");

// get the cookie containing the client side properties
String cookieContents = null;
Cookie[] cookies = request.getCookies();
if(cookies != null) {
  for(int i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
    Cookie cookie = cookies[i];
      if(cookie.getName().equals("DAPROPS")) {
        cookieContents = cookie.getValue();
      }
   }
}

HashMap properties = Api.getPropertiesAsTyped(tree, userAgent, cookieContents);

<deprecated>Use "Mobi.Mtld.DA.Device.DeviceApi" instead see

See also: DeviceApi

</deprecated>

Author: DeviceAtlas Limited

Copyright: Copyright (c) DeviceAtlas Limited 2022. All Rights Reserved. https://deviceatlas.com

Member Function Documentation

◆ GetApiRevision()

static int Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetApiRevision ( )

inlinestatic

Returns the revision number of this API

Returns: integer revision

◆ GetProperties() [1/2]

static Hashtable Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetProperties	(	Hashtable	tree,
		string	userAgent
	)

inlinestatic

Returns a HashMap of known properties (as strings) for the user agent

Parameters

tree	previously generated HashMap tree
userAgent	The device's User-Agent header string

Returns: HashMap properties

◆ GetProperties() [2/2]

static Hashtable Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetProperties	(	Hashtable	tree,
		string	userAgent,
		string	cookie
	)

inlinestatic

Returns a HashMap of known properties merged with properties from the client side JavaScript. The client side JavaScript sets a cookie with collected properties. The contents of this cookie must be passed to this method for it to work. The client properties over-ride any properties discovered from the main JSON data file.

Parameters

tree	previously generated HashMap tree
userAgent	the device's User-Agent header string
cookie	the contents of the cookie containing the client side properties

Returns: HashMap a map of properties. Property name => Property value

Exceptions

ClientPropertiesException

See

See also: ClientPropertiesException

◆ GetPropertiesAsTyped() [1/2]

static Hashtable Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetPropertiesAsTyped	(	Hashtable	tree,
		string	userAgent
	)

inlinestatic

Returns a HashMap of known properties (as typed) for the user agent

Parameters

tree	previously generated HashMap tree
userAgent	the device's User-Agent header string

Returns: HashMap a map of properties. Property name => Property value

◆ GetPropertiesAsTyped() [2/2]

static Hashtable Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetPropertiesAsTyped	(	Hashtable	tree,
		string	userAgent,
		string	cookie
	)

inlinestatic

Returns a HashMap of known properties merged with properties from the client side JavaScript. The client side JavaScript sets a cookie with collected properties. The contents of this cookie must be passed to this method for it to work. The client properties over-ride any properties discovered from the main JSON data file.

Parameters

tree	previously generated HashMap tree
userAgent	the device's User-Agent header string
cookie	the contents of the cookie containing the client side properties

Returns: HashMap a map of properties. Property name => Property value

Exceptions

ClientPropertiesException

See

See also: ClientPropertiesException

◆ GetProperty() [1/2]

static string Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetProperty	(	Hashtable	tree,
		string	userAgent,
		string	property
	)

inlinestatic

Returns a value for the named property for this user agent

Parameters

tree	previously generated HashMap tree
userAgent	the device's User-Agent header string
property	the name of the property to return

Returns: Object property

Exceptions

InvalidPropertyException	See See also InvalidPropertyException
UnknownPropertyException	See See also UnknownPropertyException

◆ GetProperty() [2/2]

static string Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetProperty	(	Hashtable	tree,
		string	userAgent,
		string	cookie,
		string	property
	)

inlinestatic

Returns a value for the named property for this user agent

Parameters

tree	previously generated HashMap tree
userAgent	the device's User-Agent header string
cookie	the contents of the cookie containing the client side properties
property	the name of the property to return

Returns: Object property

Exceptions

InvalidPropertyException	See See also InvalidPropertyException
UnknownPropertyException	See See also UnknownPropertyException

◆ GetPropertyAsBoolean() [1/2]

static bool Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetPropertyAsBoolean	(	Hashtable	tree,
		string	userAgent,
		string	property
	)

inlinestatic

Strongly typed property accessor. Returns a boolean property (or throws an exception if the property is actually of another type)

<seealso cref= #getProperty(HashMap,String,String)

Parameters

tree	previously generated HashMap tree
userAgent	the device's User-Agent header string
property	the name of the property to return

Returns: boolean property

Exceptions

IncorrectPropertyTypeException	See See also IncorrectPropertyTypeException
InvalidPropertyException	See See also InvalidPropertyException
UnknownPropertyException	See See also UnknownPropertyException
ClientPropertiesException	See See also ClientPropertiesException

◆ GetPropertyAsBoolean() [2/2]

static bool Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetPropertyAsBoolean	(	Hashtable	tree,
		string	userAgent,
		string	cookie,
		string	property
	)

inlinestatic

Strongly typed property accessor. Returns a boolean property (or throws an exception if the property is actually of another type)

<seealso cref= #getProperty(HashMap,String,String)

Parameters

tree	previously generated HashMap tree
userAgent	the device's User-Agent header string
cookie	the contents of the cookie containing the client side properties
property	the name of the property to return

Returns: boolean property

Exceptions

IncorrectPropertyTypeException	See See also IncorrectPropertyTypeException
InvalidPropertyException	See See also InvalidPropertyException
UnknownPropertyException	See See also UnknownPropertyException
ClientPropertiesException	See See also ClientPropertiesException

◆ GetPropertyAsInteger() [1/2]

static int Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetPropertyAsInteger	(	Hashtable	tree,
		string	userAgent,
		string	property
	)

inlinestatic

Strongly typed property accessor. Returns an integer property (or throws an exception if the property is actually of another type)

<seealso cref= #getProperty(HashMap,String,String)

Parameters

tree	previously generated HashMap tree
userAgent	the device's User-Agent header string
property	the name of the property to return

Returns: int property

Exceptions

IncorrectPropertyTypeException	See See also IncorrectPropertyTypeException
InvalidPropertyException	See See also InvalidPropertyException
UnknownPropertyException	See See also UnknownPropertyException
ClientPropertiesException	See See also ClientPropertiesException

◆ GetPropertyAsInteger() [2/2]

static int Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetPropertyAsInteger	(	Hashtable	tree,
		string	userAgent,
		string	cookie,
		string	property
	)

inlinestatic

Strongly typed property accessor. Returns an integer property (or throws an exception if the property is actually of another type)

<seealso cref= #getProperty(HashMap,String,String)

Parameters

tree	previously generated HashMap tree
userAgent	the device's User-Agent header string
cookie	the contents of the cookie containing the client side properties
property	the name of the property to return

Returns: int property

Exceptions

IncorrectPropertyTypeException	See See also IncorrectPropertyTypeException
InvalidPropertyException	See See also InvalidPropertyException
UnknownPropertyException	See See also UnknownPropertyException
ClientPropertiesException	See See also ClientPropertiesException

◆ GetPropertyAsString() [1/2]

static string Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetPropertyAsString	(	Hashtable	tree,
		string	userAgent,
		string	property
	)

inlinestatic

Strongly typed property accessor. Returns a string property (or throws an exception if the property is actually of another type)

<seealso cref= #getProperty(HashMap,String,String)

Parameters

tree	previously generated HashMap tree
userAgent	the device's User-Agent header string
property	the name of the property to return

Returns: String property

Exceptions

IncorrectPropertyTypeException	See See also IncorrectPropertyTypeException
InvalidPropertyException	See See also InvalidPropertyException
UnknownPropertyException	See See also UnknownPropertyException
ClientPropertiesException	See See also ClientPropertiesException

◆ GetPropertyAsString() [2/2]

static string Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetPropertyAsString	(	Hashtable	tree,
		string	userAgent,
		string	cookie,
		string	property
	)

inlinestatic

Strongly typed property accessor. Returns a string property (or throws an exception if the property is actually of another type)

<seealso cref= #getProperty(HashMap,String,String)

Parameters

tree	previously generated HashMap tree
userAgent	the device's User-Agent header string
cookie	the contents of the cookie containing the client side properties
property	the name of the property to return

Returns: String property

Exceptions

IncorrectPropertyTypeException	See See also IncorrectPropertyTypeException
InvalidPropertyException	See See also InvalidPropertyException
UnknownPropertyException	See See also UnknownPropertyException
ClientPropertiesException	See See also ClientPropertiesException

◆ GetTreeFromFile() [1/3]

static Hashtable Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetTreeFromFile ( string filename )

inlinestatic

Returns a tree from a JSON file, If it has been previously loaded then the version from the static cache will be returned. To reload from file call getTreeFromFile() with reload set to true.

Some properties cannot be known before runtime and can change from user-agent to user-agent. The most common of these are the OS Version and the Browser Version. This API is able to dynamically detect these changing properties but introduces a small overhead to do so. To disable returning these extra properties set includeChangeableUserAgentProperties to false.

Returns: HashMap The loaded JSON tree

Parameters

filename the location of the file to read in. Use an absolute path name to be sure of success if the current working directory is not clear.

Exceptions

JsonException	See also JsonException
IOException	There was an unknown error reading the JSON file

◆ GetTreeFromFile() [2/3]

static Hashtable Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetTreeFromFile	(	string	filename,
		bool	reload
	)

inlinestatic

Returns a tree from a JSON file. The loaded tree is stored in a static cache to avoid multiple reloads if this method is repeatedly called. To reload from the JSON file set reload to true.

Some properties cannot be known before runtime and can change from user-agent to user-agent. The most common of these are the OS Version and the Browser Version. This API is able to dynamically detect these changing properties but introduces a small overhead to do so. To disable returning these extra properties call getTreeFromFile() with includeChangeableUserAgentProperties set to false.

Parameters

filename	the location of the file to read in. Use an absolute path name to be sure of success if the current working directory is not clear.
reload	set true to reload regardless of static cache

Returns: HashMap The loaded JSON tree

Exceptions

JsonException	See also JsonException
IOException	There was an unknown error reading the JSON file

◆ GetTreeFromFile() [3/3]

static Hashtable Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetTreeFromFile	(	string	filename,
		bool	reload,
		bool	includeChangeableUserAgentProperties
	)

inlinestatic

Returns a tree from a JSON file. The loaded tree is stored in a static cache to avoid multiple reloads if this method is repeatedly called. To reload from the JSON file set reload to true.

Some properties cannot be known before runtime and can change from user-agent to user-agent. The most common of these are the OS Version and the Browser Version. This API is able to dynamically detect these changing properties but introduces a small overhead to do so. To disable returning these extra properties set includeChangeableUserAgentProperties to false.

Parameters

filename	the location of the file to read in. Use an absolute path name to be sure of success if the current working directory is not clear.
reload	set true to reload regardless of static cache
includeChangeableUserAgentProperties	Also detect changeable user-agent properties

Returns: HashMap tree

Exceptions

JsonException	See also JsonException
IOException	There was an unknown error reading the JSON file

◆ GetTreeFromString() [1/2]

static Hashtable Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetTreeFromString ( string json )

inlinestatic

Returns a loaded JSON tree from a string of JSON data. This will also initialise the changeable property recognition.

Some properties cannot be known before runtime and can change from user-agent to user-agent. The most common of these are the OS Version and the Browser Version. This API is able to dynamically detect these changing properties but introduces a small overhead to do so. To disable returning these extra properties call getTreeFromString() with includeChangeableUserAgentProperties set to false.

This method does not use the built in static cache.

Parameters

json	The JSON HashMap object

Returns: The loaded JSON tree

Exceptions

JsonException

◆ GetTreeFromString() [2/2]

static Hashtable Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetTreeFromString	(	string	json,
		bool	includeChangeableUserAgentProperties
	)

inlinestatic

Returns a loaded JSON tree from a string of JSON data.

Some properties cannot be known before runtime and can change from user-agent to user-agent. The most common of these are the OS Version and the Browser Version. This API is able to dynamically detect these changing properties but introduces a small overhead to do so. To disable returning these extra properties set includeChangeableUserAgentProperties to false.

This method does not use the built in static cache.

Parameters

json	The string of json data.
includeChangeableUserAgentProperties	Also detect changeable user-agent properties

Returns: The loaded JSON tree

Exceptions

JsonException

See also: JsonException

◆ GetTreeGeneration()

static string Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetTreeGeneration ( Hashtable tree )

inlinestatic

Get the generation date for this tree.

Parameters

tree

Returns: The time/date the tree was generated.

◆ GetTreeGenerationAsTimestamp()

static int Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetTreeGenerationAsTimestamp ( Hashtable tree )

inlinestatic

Get the generation date for this tree as a UNIX timestamp.

Parameters

tree

Returns: The time/date the tree was generated.

◆ GetTreeRevision()

static int Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.GetTreeRevision ( Hashtable tree )

inlinestatic

Returns the revision number of the tree

Parameters

tree	previously generated HashMap tree

Returns: integer revision

◆ ListProperties()

static Hashtable Mobi.Mtld.DA.Api.ListProperties ( Hashtable tree )

inlinestatic

Returns a HashMap of known property names available for the user agents in this file, with their data type names

Parameters

tree	previously generated HashMap tree

Returns: HashMap properties

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

Api/src/main/dotnet/device/Api.cs

Static Public Member Functions

Detailed Description

Third-party Browsers

Client side properties

Member Function Documentation

◆ GetApiRevision()

◆ GetProperties() [1/2]

◆ GetProperties() [2/2]

◆ GetPropertiesAsTyped() [1/2]

◆ GetPropertiesAsTyped() [2/2]

◆ GetProperty() [1/2]

◆ GetProperty() [2/2]

◆ GetPropertyAsBoolean() [1/2]

◆ GetPropertyAsBoolean() [2/2]

◆ GetPropertyAsInteger() [1/2]

◆ GetPropertyAsInteger() [2/2]

◆ GetPropertyAsString() [1/2]

◆ GetPropertyAsString() [2/2]

◆ GetTreeFromFile() [1/3]

◆ GetTreeFromFile() [2/3]

◆ GetTreeFromFile() [3/3]

◆ GetTreeFromString() [1/2]

◆ GetTreeFromString() [2/2]

◆ GetTreeGeneration()

◆ GetTreeGenerationAsTimestamp()

◆ GetTreeRevision()

◆ ListProperties()