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package org.apache.http.message;

import org.apache.http.Header;
import org.apache.http.HeaderElement;
import org.apache.http.ParseException;

/**
 * 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:mbowler@GargoyleSoftware.com">Mike Bowler</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 *
 *
 * <!-- empty lines above to avoid 'svn diff' context problems -->
 * @version $Revision: 652956 $ $Date: 2008-05-02 17:13:05 -0700 (Fri, 02 May 2008) $
 * 
 * @since 4.0
 */
public class BasicHeader implements Header, Cloneable {

    /**
     * Header name.
     */
    private final String name;
    
    /**
     * Header value.
     */
    private final String value;
    
    /**
     * Constructor with name and value
     *
     * @param name the header name
     * @param value the header value
     */
    public BasicHeader(final String name, final String value) {
        super();
        if (name == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Name may not be null");
        }
        this.name = name;
        this.value = value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the header name.
     *
     * @return String name The name
     */
    public String getName() {
        return this.name;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the header value.
     *
     * @return String value The current value.
     */
    public String getValue() {
        return this.value;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a {@link String} representation of the header.
     *
     * @return a string
     */
    public String toString() {
        // no need for non-default formatting in toString()
        return BasicLineFormatter.DEFAULT.formatHeader(null, this).toString();
    }

    /**
     * Returns an array of {@link HeaderElement}s constructed from my value.
     *
     * @see BasicHeaderValueParser#parseElements(String, HeaderValueParser)
     * 
     * @return an array of header elements
     *
     * @throws ParseException   in case of a parse error
     */
    public HeaderElement[] getElements() throws ParseException {
        if (this.value != null) {
            // result intentionally not cached, it's probably not used again
            return BasicHeaderValueParser.parseElements(this.value, null);
        } else {
            return new HeaderElement[] {}; 
        }
    }

    public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        return super.clone();
    }
 
}