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Interface HeaderValueParser</H2>
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<DT><B>All Known Implementing Classes:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/message/BasicHeaderValueParser.html" title="class in org.apache.http.message">BasicHeaderValueParser</A></DD>
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<DT><PRE>public interface <B>HeaderValueParser</B></DL>
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Interface for parsing header values into elements.
Instances of this interface are expected to be stateless and thread-safe.
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<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>4.0</DD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/HeaderElement.html" title="interface in org.apache.http">HeaderElement</A>[]</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/message/HeaderValueParser.html#parseElements(org.apache.http.util.CharArrayBuffer, org.apache.http.message.ParserCursor)">parseElements</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/util/CharArrayBuffer.html" title="class in org.apache.http.util">CharArrayBuffer</A>&nbsp;buffer,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Parses a header value into elements.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/HeaderElement.html" title="interface in org.apache.http">HeaderElement</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/message/HeaderValueParser.html#parseHeaderElement(org.apache.http.util.CharArrayBuffer, org.apache.http.message.ParserCursor)">parseHeaderElement</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/util/CharArrayBuffer.html" title="class in org.apache.http.util">CharArrayBuffer</A>&nbsp;buffer,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Parses a single header element.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/NameValuePair.html" title="interface in org.apache.http">NameValuePair</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/message/HeaderValueParser.html#parseNameValuePair(org.apache.http.util.CharArrayBuffer, org.apache.http.message.ParserCursor)">parseNameValuePair</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/util/CharArrayBuffer.html" title="class in org.apache.http.util">CharArrayBuffer</A>&nbsp;buffer,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Parses a name=value specification, where the = and value are optional.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Parses a list of name-value pairs.</TD>
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parseElements</H3>
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<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/HeaderElement.html" title="interface in org.apache.http">HeaderElement</A>[] <B>parseElements</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/util/CharArrayBuffer.html" title="class in org.apache.http.util">CharArrayBuffer</A>&nbsp;buffer,
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throws <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/ParseException.html" title="class in org.apache.http">ParseException</A></PRE>
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<DD>Parses a header value into elements.
Parse errors are indicated as <code>RuntimeException</code>.
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Some HTTP headers (such as the set-cookie header) have values that
can be decomposed into multiple elements. In order to be processed
by this parser, such headers must be in the following form:
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header = [ element ] *( "," [ element ] )
element = name [ "=" [ value ] ] *( ";" [ param ] )
param = name [ "=" [ value ] ]
name = token
value = ( token | quoted-string )
token = 1*&lt;any char except "=", ",", ";", &lt;"&gt; and
white space&gt;
quoted-string = &lt;"&gt; *( text | quoted-char ) &lt;"&gt;
text = any char except &lt;"&gt;
quoted-char = "\" char
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Any amount of white space is allowed between any part of the
header, element or param and is ignored. A missing value in any
element or param will be stored as the empty <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>String</CODE></A>;
if the "=" is also missing <var>null</var> will be stored instead.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>buffer</CODE> - buffer holding the header value to parse<DD><CODE>cursor</CODE> - the parser cursor containing the current position and
the bounds within the buffer for the parsing operation
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an array holding all elements of the header value
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/ParseException.html" title="class in org.apache.http">ParseException</A></CODE> - in case of a parse error</DL>
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parseHeaderElement</H3>
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<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/HeaderElement.html" title="interface in org.apache.http">HeaderElement</A> <B>parseHeaderElement</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/util/CharArrayBuffer.html" title="class in org.apache.http.util">CharArrayBuffer</A>&nbsp;buffer,
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throws <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/ParseException.html" title="class in org.apache.http">ParseException</A></PRE>
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<DD>Parses a single header element.
A header element consist of a semicolon-separate list
of name=value definitions.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>buffer</CODE> - buffer holding the element to parse<DD><CODE>cursor</CODE> - the parser cursor containing the current position and
the bounds within the buffer for the parsing operation
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the parsed element
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/ParseException.html" title="class in org.apache.http">ParseException</A></CODE> - in case of a parse error</DL>
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parseParameters</H3>
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<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/NameValuePair.html" title="interface in org.apache.http">NameValuePair</A>[] <B>parseParameters</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/util/CharArrayBuffer.html" title="class in org.apache.http.util">CharArrayBuffer</A>&nbsp;buffer,
<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/message/ParserCursor.html" title="class in org.apache.http.message">ParserCursor</A>&nbsp;cursor)
throws <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/ParseException.html" title="class in org.apache.http">ParseException</A></PRE>
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<DD>Parses a list of name-value pairs.
These lists are used to specify parameters to a header element.
Parse errors are indicated as <code>ParseException</code>.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>buffer</CODE> - buffer holding the name-value list to parse<DD><CODE>cursor</CODE> - the parser cursor containing the current position and
the bounds within the buffer for the parsing operation
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an array holding all items of the name-value list
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/ParseException.html" title="class in org.apache.http">ParseException</A></CODE> - in case of a parse error</DL>
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parseNameValuePair</H3>
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<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/NameValuePair.html" title="interface in org.apache.http">NameValuePair</A> <B>parseNameValuePair</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/util/CharArrayBuffer.html" title="class in org.apache.http.util">CharArrayBuffer</A>&nbsp;buffer,
<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/message/ParserCursor.html" title="class in org.apache.http.message">ParserCursor</A>&nbsp;cursor)
throws <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/ParseException.html" title="class in org.apache.http">ParseException</A></PRE>
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<DD>Parses a name=value specification, where the = and value are optional.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>buffer</CODE> - the buffer holding the name-value pair to parse<DD><CODE>cursor</CODE> - the parser cursor containing the current position and
the bounds within the buffer for the parsing operation
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the name-value pair, where the value is <code>null</code>
if no value is specified
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/ParseException.html" title="class in org.apache.http">ParseException</A></CODE></DL>
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