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+/*
+ * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpcore/trunk/module-main/src/main/java/org/apache/http/message/LineParser.java $
+ * $Revision: 589374 $
+ * $Date: 2007-10-28 09:25:07 -0700 (Sun, 28 Oct 2007) $
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation. For more
+ * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
+ * <http://www.apache.org/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.http.message;
+
+
+import org.apache.http.ProtocolVersion;
+import org.apache.http.ParseException;
+import org.apache.http.RequestLine;
+import org.apache.http.StatusLine;
+import org.apache.http.Header;
+import org.apache.http.util.CharArrayBuffer;
+
+
+/**
+ * Interface for parsing lines in the HEAD section of an HTTP message.
+ * There are individual methods for parsing a request line, a
+ * status line, or a header line.
+ * The lines to parse are passed in memory, the parser does not depend
+ * on any specific IO mechanism.
+ * Instances of this interface are expected to be stateless and thread-safe.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:rolandw AT apache.org">Roland Weber</a>
+ *
+ *
+ * <!-- empty lines above to avoid 'svn diff' context problems -->
+ * @version $Revision: 589374 $ $Date: 2007-10-28 09:25:07 -0700 (Sun, 28 Oct 2007) $
+ *
+ * @since 4.0
+ */
+public interface LineParser {
+
+
+ /**
+ * Parses the textual representation of a protocol version.
+ * This is needed for parsing request lines (last element)
+ * as well as status lines (first element).
+ *
+ * @param buffer a buffer holding the protocol version to parse
+ * @param cursor the parser cursor containing the current position and
+ * the bounds within the buffer for the parsing operation
+ *
+ * @return the parsed protocol version
+ *
+ * @throws ParseException in case of a parse error
+ */
+ ProtocolVersion parseProtocolVersion(
+ CharArrayBuffer buffer,
+ ParserCursor cursor) throws ParseException;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether there likely is a protocol version in a line.
+ * This method implements a <i>heuristic</i> to check for a
+ * likely protocol version specification. It does <i>not</i>
+ * guarantee that {@link #parseProtocolVersion} would not
+ * detect a parse error.
+ * This can be used to detect garbage lines before a request
+ * or status line.
+ *
+ * @param buffer a buffer holding the line to inspect
+ * @param cursor the cursor at which to check for a protocol version, or
+ * negative for "end of line". Whether the check tolerates
+ * whitespace before or after the protocol version is
+ * implementation dependent.
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if there is a protocol version at the
+ * argument index (possibly ignoring whitespace),
+ * <code>false</code> otherwise
+ */
+ boolean hasProtocolVersion(
+ CharArrayBuffer buffer,
+ ParserCursor cursor);
+
+
+ /**
+ * Parses a request line.
+ *
+ * @param buffer a buffer holding the line to parse
+ * @param cursor the parser cursor containing the current position and
+ * the bounds within the buffer for the parsing operation
+ *
+ * @return the parsed request line
+ *
+ * @throws ParseException in case of a parse error
+ */
+ RequestLine parseRequestLine(
+ CharArrayBuffer buffer,
+ ParserCursor cursor) throws ParseException;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Parses a status line.
+ *
+ * @param buffer a buffer holding the line to parse
+ * @param cursor the parser cursor containing the current position and
+ * the bounds within the buffer for the parsing operation
+ *
+ * @return the parsed status line
+ *
+ * @throws ParseException in case of a parse error
+ */
+ StatusLine parseStatusLine(
+ CharArrayBuffer buffer,
+ ParserCursor cursor) throws ParseException;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a header from a line.
+ * The full header line is expected here. Header continuation lines
+ * must be joined by the caller before invoking this method.
+ *
+ * @param buffer a buffer holding the full header line.
+ * This buffer MUST NOT be re-used afterwards, since
+ * the returned object may reference the contents later.
+ *
+ * @return the header in the argument buffer.
+ * The returned object MAY be a wrapper for the argument buffer.
+ * The argument buffer MUST NOT be re-used or changed afterwards.
+ *
+ * @throws ParseException in case of a parse error
+ */
+ Header parseHeader(CharArrayBuffer buffer)
+ throws ParseException
+ ;
+
+
+}