Class Message

  • All Implemented Interfaces:

    
    public final class Message
    
                        
    • Constructor Detail

    • Method Detail

      • id

         final String id()

        Unique object identifier.

        The format and length of IDs may change over time.

      • content

         final List<ContentBlock> content()

        Content generated by the model.

        This is an array of content blocks, each of which has a type that determines its shape.

        Example:

        [{ "type": "text", "text": "Hi, I'm Claude." }]

        If the request input messages ended with an assistant turn, then the response content will continue directly from that last turn. You can use this to constrain the model's output.

        For example, if the input messages were:

        [
          {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "What's the Greek name for Sun? (A) Sol (B) Helios (C) Sun"
          },
          { "role": "assistant", "content": "The best answer is (" }
        ]

        Then the response content might be:

        [{ "type": "text", "text": "B)" }]
      • model

         final Model model()

        The model that will complete your prompt.\n\nSee models for additional details and options.

      • _role

         final JsonValue _role()

        Conversational role of the generated message.

        This will always be "assistant".

        Expected to always return the following:

        JsonValue.from("assistant")

        However, this method can be useful for debugging and logging (e.g. if the server responded with an unexpected value).

      • stopReason

         final Optional<StopReason> stopReason()

        The reason that we stopped.

        This may be one the following values:

        • "end_turn": the model reached a natural stopping point

        • "max_tokens": we exceeded the requested max_tokens or the model's maximum

        • "stop_sequence": one of your provided custom stop_sequences was generated

        • "tool_use": the model invoked one or more tools

        In non-streaming mode this value is always non-null. In streaming mode, it is null in the message_start event and non-null otherwise.

      • stopSequence

         final Optional<String> stopSequence()

        Which custom stop sequence was generated, if any.

        This value will be a non-null string if one of your custom stop sequences was generated.

      • _type

         final JsonValue _type()

        Object type.

        For Messages, this is always "message".

        Expected to always return the following:

        JsonValue.from("message")

        However, this method can be useful for debugging and logging (e.g. if the server responded with an unexpected value).

      • usage

         final Usage usage()

        Billing and rate-limit usage.

        Anthropic's API bills and rate-limits by token counts, as tokens represent the underlying cost to our systems.

        Under the hood, the API transforms requests into a format suitable for the model. The model's output then goes through a parsing stage before becoming an API response. As a result, the token counts in usage will not match one-to-one with the exact visible content of an API request or response.

        For example, output_tokens will be non-zero, even for an empty string response from Claude.

        Total input tokens in a request is the summation of input_tokens, cache_creation_input_tokens, and cache_read_input_tokens.

      • _id

         final JsonField<String> _id()

        Returns the raw JSON value of id.

        Unlike id, this method doesn't throw if the JSON field has an unexpected type.

      • _model

         final JsonField<Model> _model()

        Returns the raw JSON value of model.

        Unlike model, this method doesn't throw if the JSON field has an unexpected type.

      • _usage

         final JsonField<Usage> _usage()

        Returns the raw JSON value of usage.

        Unlike usage, this method doesn't throw if the JSON field has an unexpected type.

      • builder

         final static Message.Builder builder()

        Returns a mutable builder for constructing an instance of Message.

        The following fields are required:

        .id()
        .content()
        .model()
        .stopReason()
        .stopSequence()
        .usage()