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package org.apache.commons.httpclient;

/**
 * <p>An HTTP header.</p>
 *
 * @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@ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.17 $ $Date: 2004/09/15 20:42:17 $
 */
public class Header extends NameValuePair {

    // ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors

    /**
     * Autogenerated header flag.
     */
    private boolean isAutogenerated = false;
    
    /**
     * Default constructor.
     */
    public Header() {
        this(null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Constructor with name and value
     *
     * @param name the header name
     * @param value the header value
     */
    public Header(String name, String value) {
        super(name, value);
    }

    /**
     * Constructor with name and value
     *
     * @param name the header name
     * @param value the header value
     * @param isAutogenerated <tt>true</tt> if the header is autogenerated,
     *  <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
     * 
     * @since 3.0
     */
    public Header(String name, String value, boolean isAutogenerated) {
        super(name, value);
        this.isAutogenerated = isAutogenerated;
    }

    // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods

    /**
     * Returns a {@link String} representation of the header.
     *
     * @return stringHEAD
     */
    public String toExternalForm() {
        return ((null == getName() ? "" : getName()) 
            + ": " 
            + (null == getValue() ? "" : getValue()) 
            + "\r\n");
    }

    /**
     * Returns a {@link String} representation of the header.
     *
     * @return stringHEAD
     */
    public String toString() {
        return toExternalForm();
    }

    /**
     * Returns an array of {@link HeaderElement}s
     * constructed from my value.
     *
     * @see HeaderElement#parse
     * @throws HttpException if the header cannot be parsed
     * @return an array of header elements
     * 
     * @deprecated Use #getElements
     */
    public HeaderElement[] getValues() throws HttpException {
        return HeaderElement.parse(getValue());
    }

    /**
     * Returns an array of {@link HeaderElement}s
     * constructed from my value.
     *
     * @see HeaderElement#parseElements(String)
     * 
     * @return an array of header elements
     * 
     * @since 3.0
     */
    public HeaderElement[] getElements() {
        return HeaderElement.parseElements(getValue());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of the auto-generated header flag.
     * 
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if the header is autogenerated,
     *  <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
     * 
     * @since 3.0
     */
    public boolean isAutogenerated() {
        return isAutogenerated;
    }

}