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* $Date: 2007-08-25 00:34:47 -0700 (Sat, 25 Aug 2007) $
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package org.apache.http;
/**
* Represents an HTTP header field.
*
* <p>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.
*
*<pre>
* 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>
*</pre>
*
* @author <a href="mailto:remm@apache.org">Remy Maucherat</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
* @version $Revision: 569636 $
*/
public interface Header {
String getName();
String getValue();
HeaderElement[] getElements() throws ParseException;
}