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package org.apache.mina.http.api;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * An HTTP message, the ancestor of HTTP request &amp; response.
 * 
 * @author The Apache MINA Project (dev@mina.apache.org)
 */
public interface HttpMessage {

    /**
     * The HTTP version of the message
     * 
     * @return HTTP/1.0 or HTTP/1.1
     */
    HttpVersion getProtocolVersion();

    /**
     * Gets the <tt>Content-Type</tt> header of the message.
     * 
     * @return The content type.
     */
    String getContentType();

    /**
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if this message enables keep-alive connection.
     */
    boolean isKeepAlive();

    /**
     * Returns the value of the HTTP header with the specified name. If more than one header with the given name is
     * associated with this request, one is selected and returned.
     * 
     * @param name The name of the desired header
     * @return The header value - or null if no header is found with the specified name
     */
    String getHeader(String name);

    /**
     * @param name the Header's name we are looking for
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if the HTTP header with the specified name exists in this request.
     */
    boolean containsHeader(String name);

    /**
     * @return a read-only {@link Map} of HTTP headers whose key is a {@link String} and whose value is a {@link String}
     * s.
     */
    Map<String, String> getHeaders();
}
