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*******************************************************************************/
package gov.nist.javax.sip.header;

/**
 * Root class from which all SIPHeader objects are subclassed.
 *
 * @author M. Ranganathan   <br/>
 * @version 1.2 $Revision: 1.9 $ $Date: 2010-05-06 14:07:52 $
 *
 *
 */
public abstract class SIPHeader
    extends SIPObject
    implements SIPHeaderNames, javax.sip.header.Header, HeaderExt {

    /** name of this header
     */
    protected String headerName;

    /** Value of the header.
    */

    /** Constructor
     * @param hname String to set
     */
    protected SIPHeader(String hname) {
        headerName = hname.intern();
    }

    /** Default constructor
     */
    public SIPHeader() {
    }

    /**
     * Name of the SIPHeader
     * @return String
     */
    public String getHeaderName() {
        return headerName;
    }

    /** Alias for getHaderName above.
    *
    *@return String headerName
    *
    */
    public String getName() {
        return this.headerName;
    }

    /**
         * Set the name of the header .
         * @param hdrname String to set
         */
    public void setHeaderName(String hdrname) {
        headerName = hdrname;
    }

    /** Get the header value (i.e. what follows the name:).
    * This merely goes through and lops off the portion that follows
    * the headerName:
    */
    public String getHeaderValue() {
      return encodeBody(new StringBuilder()).toString();
    }

    /** Return false if this is not a header list
    * (SIPHeaderList overrrides this method).
    *@return false
    */
    public boolean isHeaderList() {
        return false;
    }

    /** Encode this header into canonical form.
    */
    public String encode() {
        return encode(new StringBuilder()).toString();
    }

    public StringBuilder encode(StringBuilder buffer) {
        buffer.append(this.headerName).append(COLON).append(SP);
        this.encodeBody(buffer);
        buffer.append(NEWLINE);
        return buffer;
    }

    /** Encode the body of this header (the stuff that follows headerName).
    * A.K.A headerValue.
    */
    protected abstract StringBuilder encodeBody(StringBuilder buffer);
        

//    /** Encode the body of this header in the given buffer.
//     * Default implementation calls encodeBody();
//     */
//    protected StringBuilder encodeBody(StringBuilder buffer) {
//        return buffer.append(encodeBody());
//    }

    /** Alias for getHeaderValue.
     */
    public String getValue() {
        return this.getHeaderValue();
    }

    /**
     * This is a pretty simple hashCode but satisfies requirements.
     *
     */
    public int hashCode() {
        return this.headerName.hashCode();
    }

    public final String toString() {
        return this.encode();
    }
}