/* * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpcore/trunk/module-main/src/main/java/org/apache/http/Header.java $ * $Revision: 569636 $ * $Date: 2007-08-25 00:34:47 -0700 (Sat, 25 Aug 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 * . * */ package org.apache.http; /** * 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>
 *
* * @author Remy Maucherat * @author Oleg Kalnichevski * @version $Revision: 569636 $ */ public interface Header { String getName(); String getValue(); HeaderElement[] getElements() throws ParseException; }