433089 - Client should provide Request.accept() method, like JAX-RS 2.0 Invocation.Builder.accept().

jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpRequest.java

@@ -242,6 +242,21 @@ public class HttpRequest implements Request
         return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Request accept(String... accepts)
+    {
+        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+        for (String accept : accepts)
+        {
+            if (result.length() > 0)
+                result.append(", ");
+            result.append(accept);
+        }
+        if (result.length() > 0)
+            headers.put(HttpHeader.ACCEPT, result.toString());
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Request header(String name, String value)
     {

jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/api/Request.java

@@ -230,11 +230,18 @@ public interface Request
     String getAgent();
 
     /**
-     * @param agent the user agent for this request
+     * @param agent the user agent for this request (corresponds to the {@code User-Agent} header)
      * @return this request object
      */
     Request agent(String agent);
 
+    /**
+     * @param accepts the content types that are acceptable in the response, such as
+     *                "text/plain;q=0.5" or "text/html" (corresponds to the {@code Accept} header)
+     * @return this request object
+     */
+    Request accept(String... accepts);
+
     /**
      * @return the idle timeout for this request, in milliseconds
      */