org.apache.http

Interface Header

All Known Subinterfaces:

FormattedHeader

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicHeader, BufferedHeader

public interface Header

Represents an HTTP header field.

The HTTP header fields follow the same generic format as that given in Section 3.1 of RFC 822. Each header field consists of a name followed by a colon (":") and the field value. Field names are case-insensitive. The field value MAY be preceded by any amount of LWS, though a single SP is preferred.

     message-header = field-name ":" [ field-value ]
     field-name     = token
     field-value    = *( field-content | LWS )
     field-content  = <the OCTETs making up the field-value
                      and consisting of either *TEXT or combinations
                      of token, separators, and quoted-string>

Since:

4.0

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
HeaderElement[]	getElements() Parses the value.
java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of the Header.
java.lang.String	getValue() Get the value of the Header.

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Get the name of the Header.

Returns:

the name of the Header, never null

getValue

java.lang.String getValue()

Get the value of the Header.

Returns:

the value of the Header, may be null

getElements

HeaderElement[] getElements()
                            throws ParseException

Parses the value.

Returns:

an array of HeaderElement entries, may be empty, but is never null

Throws:

ParseException - in case of a parsing error