Q3HttpHeader Class Reference
[Qt3Support module]

Detailed Description

The Q3HttpHeader class contains header information for HTTP.

In most cases you should use the more specialized derivatives of this class, Q3HttpResponseHeader and Q3HttpRequestHeader, rather than directly using Q3HttpHeader.

Q3HttpHeader provides the HTTP header fields. A HTTP header field consists of a name followed by a colon, a single space, and the field value. (See RFC 1945.) Field names are case-insensitive. A typical header field looks like this:

 content-type: text/html

In the API the header field name is called the "key" and the content is called the "value". You can get and set a header field's value by using its key with value() and setValue(), e.g.

 header.setValue( "content-type", "text/html" );
 QString contentType = header.value( "content-type" );

Some fields are so common that getters and setters are provided for them as a convenient alternative to using value() and setValue(), e.g. contentLength() and contentType(), setContentLength() and setContentType().

Each header key has a single value associated with it. If you set the value for a key which already exists the previous value will be discarded.

See also Q3HttpRequestHeader and Q3HttpResponseHeader.

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