httpconstants.h

Pegasus is an open-source implementationof the DMTF CIM and WBEM standards. It is designed to be por

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#ifndef Pegasus_HttpConstants_h
#define Pegasus_HttpConstants_h

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

// REVIEW: Using static declarations will cause multiple declarations of these
// REVIEW: strings. Either use #define (best) or use PEGASUS_COMMON_LINKAGE and
// REVIEW: eliminate use of statics.

//
//  This include file contains constants related to the HTTP encapsulation 
//  of an XML-encoded CIM operation, including HTTP request elements, HTTP
//  header names and values, and special characters used in headers and 
//  CIMObject values.
//

//
//  HTTP Request Line elements
//

// ATTN: note: this use of static will cause the string to be created in
// every compiliation unit which includes it.

/**
 *  A string representing the HTTP M-POST method.
 */
static const char HTTP_METHOD_MPOST [] = "M-POST";

/**
 *  A string representing the HTTP POST method.
 */
static const char HTTP_METHOD_POST [] = "POST";

/**
 *  A string representing a bogus HTTP method, to allow testing of CIM server
 *  handling of unknown HTTP methods.
 */
static const char HTTP_METHOD_BOGUS [] = "BOGUS";

/**
 *  A string representing the request URI cimom.
 */
static const char HTTP_REQUEST_URI_CIMOM [] = "/cimom";

/**
 *  A string representing the protocol HTTP
 */
static const char HTTP_PROTOCOL [] = "HTTP/";

/**
 *  A string representing the HTTP/1.0 version.
 */
static const char HTTP_VERSION_10 [] = "1.0";

/**
 *  A string representing the HTTP/1.1 version.
 */
static const char HTTP_VERSION_11 [] = "1.1";

/**
 *  A string representing basic authentication
 */
static const char HTTP_AUTH_BASIC [] = "Basic";
/**
 *  A string representing the required CRLF sequence.
 */
static const char HTTP_CRLF [] = "\r\n";

/**
 *  A character representing the required SP separator.
 */
static const char HTTP_SP [] = " ";


//
//  Header names
//

/**
 *  The name of the HTTP header specifying the authentication type and value
 */
static const char HEADER_NAME_AUTHORIZATION [] =
                                    "Authorization";
/**
 *  The name of the HTTP header specifying the Internet host of the resource
 *  being requested.
 */
static const char HEADER_NAME_HOST [] = "Host";

/**
 *  The name of the HTTP header specifying the media type of the underlying
 *  data.
 */
static const char HEADER_NAME_CONTENTTYPE [] = "Content-Type";

/**
 *  The name of the HTTP header specifying the size of the entity-body.
 */
static const char HEADER_NAME_CONTENTLENGTH [] = "Content-Length";

/**
 *  The name of the HTTP header specifying a mandatory extension 
 *  declaration.
 */
static const char HEADER_NAME_MAN [] = "Man";

/**
 *  The name of the HTTP extension header identifying the version of the
 *  CIM mapping onto HTTP being used by the sending entity.
 */
static const char HEADER_NAME_CIMPROTOCOLVERSION [] = "CIMProtocolVersion";

/**
 *  The name of the HTTP extension header identifying the message as a CIM
 *  operation request or response.
 */
static const char HEADER_NAME_CIMOPERATION [] = "CIMOperation";

/**
 *  The name of the HTTP extension header identifying the name of the CIM
 *  method to be invoked.
 */
static const char HEADER_NAME_CIMMETHOD [] = "CIMMethod";

/**
 *  The name of the HTTP extension header identifying the name of the CIM
 *  object on which the method is to be invoked.
 */
static const char HEADER_NAME_CIMOBJECT [] = "CIMObject";

/**
 *  The name of the HTTP extension header identifying the encapsulated
 *  Operation Request Message as containing multiple method invocations.
 */
static const char HEADER_NAME_CIMBATCH [] = "CIMBatch";

//
//  Header values
//

/**
 *  The value of the HTTP Content-type header specifying that the media 
 *  type of the underlying data is application data in XML format.
 */
static const char HEADER_VALUE_CONTENTTYPE [] = 
                           "application/xml; charset=\"utf-8\"";

/**
 *  The value of the HTTP Man header specifying the CIM mapping onto HTTP
 *  extension header name space URI.
 */
static const char HEADER_VALUE_MAN [] = 
                           "http://www.dmtf.org/cim/mapping/http/v1.0;ns=";

/**
 *  The value of the HTTP CIMOperation header identifying the message as
 *  carrying a CIM operation request.
 */
static const char HEADER_VALUE_CIMOPERATION [] = "MethodCall";


//
//  Characters used in headers and CIMObject values
//

/**
 *  The character used to separate the header name and header value.
 */
static const char HEADER_SEPARATOR = ':';

/**
 *  The character used to delimit the header prefix and extension header.
 */
static const char HEADER_PREFIX_DELIMITER = '-';


PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /* Pegasus_HttpConstants_h */