Method HPack.Context()->decode_header()

Method decode_header

array(string(8bit)|HPackFlags) decode_header(Stdio.Buffer buf)

Description

Decode a single HPack header.

Parameter buf

Input buffer.

Returns

Returns UNDEFINED on empty buffer. Returns an array with a header and value otherwise:

Array
string(8bit) 0	Name of the header. Under normal circumstances this is always lower-case, but no check is currently performed.
string(8bit) 1	Value of the header.
HPackFlags|void 2	Optional encoding flags. Only set for fields having HEADER_NEVER_INDEXED.

The elements in the array are in the same order and compatible with the arguments to encode_header().

Throws

Throws on encoding errors.

Note

The returned array MUST NOT be modified.

Note

In future implementations the result array may get extended with a flag field.

Note

The in-band signalling of encoding table sizes is handled internally.

See also

decode(), encode_header()