/**
 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Unpublished - rights reserved under the Copyright Laws of the United States.
 * Copyright � 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * Copyright � 2005 BEA Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * Use is subject to license terms.
 *
 * This distribution may include materials developed by third parties. 
 *
 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 *
 * Module Name   : JSIP Specification
 * File Name     : MinExpiresHeader.java
 * Author        : Phelim O'Doherty
 *
 *  HISTORY
 *  Version   Date      Author              Comments
 *  1.1     08/10/2002  Phelim O'Doherty    Initial version
 *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
package javax.sip.header;



/**

 * The Min-Expires header field conveys the minimum refresh interval supported

 * for soft-state elements managed by that server. This includes Contact

 * header fields that are stored by a registrar. The header field contains a

 * decimal integer number of seconds from 0 to (2**32)-1.

 * <p>

 * Allowing the registrar to set the registration interval protects it against

 * excessively frequent registration refreshes while limiting the state that it

 * needs to maintain and decreasing the likelihood of registrations going

 * stale. The expiration interval of a registration is frequently used in the

 * creation of services.  An example is a follow-me service, where the user may

 * only be available at a terminal for a brief period. Therefore, registrars

 * should accept brief registrations; a request should only be rejected if the

 * interval is so short that the refreshes would degrade registrar performance.

 * <p>

 * If a User Agent receives a 423 (Interval Too Brief) response to a REGISTER request,

 * it MAY retry the registration after making the expiration interval of all

 * contact addresses in the REGISTER request equal to or greater than the

 * expiration interval within the Min-Expires header field of the 423

 * (Interval Too Brief) response. The Min-Expires header field that states the

 * minimum expiration interval the registrar is willing to honor.

 * <p>

 * For Example:<br>

 * <code>Min-Expires: 60</code>

 *

 * @author BEA Systems, NIST
 * @version 1.2

 */



public interface MinExpiresHeader extends ExpiresHeader {



    /**

     * Name of ExpiresHeader

     */

    public final static String NAME = "Min-Expires";





}