//
// NameValueCollection.h
//
// $Id: //poco/1.4/Net/include/Poco/Net/NameValueCollection.h#1 $
//
// Library: Net
// Package: Messages
// Module:  NameValueCollection
//
// Definition of the NameValueCollection class.
//
// Copyright (c) 2005-2006, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
// and Contributors.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier:	BSL-1.0
//


#ifndef Net_NameValueCollection_INCLUDED
#define Net_NameValueCollection_INCLUDED


#include "Poco/Net/Net.h"
#include "Poco/String.h"
#include "Poco/ListMap.h"
#include <cstddef>


namespace Poco {
namespace Net {


class Net_API NameValueCollection
	/// A collection of name-value pairs that are used in
	/// various internet protocols like HTTP and SMTP.
	///
	/// The name is case-insensitive.
	///
	/// There can be more than one name-value pair with the 
	/// same name.
{
public:
	typedef Poco::ListMap<std::string, std::string> HeaderMap;
	typedef HeaderMap::Iterator Iterator;
	typedef HeaderMap::ConstIterator ConstIterator;
	
	NameValueCollection();
		/// Creates an empty NameValueCollection.

	NameValueCollection(const NameValueCollection& nvc);
		/// Creates a NameValueCollection by copying another one.

	virtual ~NameValueCollection();
		/// Destroys the NameValueCollection.

	NameValueCollection& operator = (const NameValueCollection& nvc);
		/// Assigns the name-value pairs of another NameValueCollection to this one.
		
	void swap(NameValueCollection& nvc);
		/// Swaps the NameValueCollection with another one.
		
	const std::string& operator [] (const std::string& name) const;
		/// Returns the value of the (first) name-value pair with the given name.
		///
		/// Throws a NotFoundException if the name-value pair does not exist.
		
	void set(const std::string& name, const std::string& value);	
		/// Sets the value of the (first) name-value pair with the given name.
		
	void add(const std::string& name, const std::string& value);
		/// Adds a new name-value pair with the given name and value.
		
	const std::string& get(const std::string& name) const;
		/// Returns the value of the first name-value pair with the given name.
		///
		/// Throws a NotFoundException if the name-value pair does not exist.

	const std::string& get(const std::string& name, const std::string& defaultValue) const;
		/// Returns the value of the first name-value pair with the given name.
		/// If no value with the given name has been found, the defaultValue is returned.

	bool has(const std::string& name) const;
		/// Returns true if there is at least one name-value pair
		/// with the given name.

	ConstIterator find(const std::string& name) const;
		/// Returns an iterator pointing to the first name-value pair
		/// with the given name.
		
	ConstIterator begin() const;
		/// Returns an iterator pointing to the begin of
		/// the name-value pair collection.
		
	ConstIterator end() const;
		/// Returns an iterator pointing to the end of 
		/// the name-value pair collection.
		
	bool empty() const;
		/// Returns true iff the header does not have any content.

	std::size_t size() const;
		/// Returns the number of name-value pairs in the
		/// collection.

	void erase(const std::string& name);
		/// Removes all name-value pairs with the given name.

	void clear();
		/// Removes all name-value pairs and their values.

private:
	HeaderMap _map;
};


//
// inlines
//
inline void swap(NameValueCollection& nvc1, NameValueCollection& nvc2)
{
	nvc1.swap(nvc2);
}


} } // namespace Poco::Net


#endif // Net_NameValueCollection_INCLUDED
