HttpHeader

java.lang.Object
- akka.http.javadsl.model.HttpHeader

Direct Known Subclasses:

HttpHeader
```
@DoNotInherit
public abstract class HttpHeader
extends java.lang.Object
```
The base type representing Http headers. All actual header values will be instances of one of the subtypes defined in the `headers` packages. Unknown headers will be subtypes of RawHeader. Not for user extension.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

HttpHeader()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract boolean`	`is(java.lang.String nameInLowerCase)`	Returns true if and only if nameInLowerCase.equals(lowercaseName()).
`abstract boolean`	`isNot(java.lang.String nameInLowerCase)`	Returns !
`abstract java.lang.String`	`lowercaseName()`	Returns the lower-cased name of the header.
`abstract java.lang.String`	`name()`	Returns the name of the header.
`static HttpHeader`	`parse(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)`	Attempts to parse the given header name and value string into a header model instance.
`abstract boolean`	`renderInRequests()`	Returns true if and only if the header is to be rendered in requests.
`abstract boolean`	`renderInResponses()`	Returns true if and only if the header is to be rendered in responses.
`abstract java.lang.String`	`value()`	Returns the String representation of the value of the header.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - HttpHeader
```
public HttpHeader()
```
- Method Detail
  - name
```
public abstract java.lang.String name()
```
    Returns the name of the header.
  - value
```
public abstract java.lang.String value()
```
    Returns the String representation of the value of the header.
  - lowercaseName
```
public abstract java.lang.String lowercaseName()
```
    Returns the lower-cased name of the header.
  - is
```
public abstract boolean is(java.lang.String nameInLowerCase)
```
    Returns true if and only if nameInLowerCase.equals(lowercaseName()).
  - isNot
```
public abstract boolean isNot(java.lang.String nameInLowerCase)
```
    Returns !is(nameInLowerCase).
  - renderInRequests
```
public abstract boolean renderInRequests()
```
    Returns true if and only if the header is to be rendered in requests.
  - renderInResponses
```
public abstract boolean renderInResponses()
```
    Returns true if and only if the header is to be rendered in responses.
  - parse
```
public static HttpHeader parse(java.lang.String name,
                               java.lang.String value)
```
    Attempts to parse the given header name and value string into a header model instance.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if parsing is unsuccessful.