Made the documentation in HttpMessage a bit easier to understand
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Cruz Julian Bishop
Trustin Lee
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@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ import java.util.Map;
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import java.util.Set;
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/**
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* An HTTP message which provides common properties for {@link HttpRequest} and
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* {@link HttpResponse}.
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* An interface that defines a HTTP message, providing common properties for
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* {@link HttpRequest} and {@link HttpResponse}.
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* @see HttpResponse
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* @see HttpRequest
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* @see HttpHeaders
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*
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* @apiviz.landmark
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@ -35,86 +37,111 @@ import java.util.Set;
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public interface HttpMessage {
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/**
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* Returns the header value with the specified header name. If there are
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* more than one header value for the specified header name, the first
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* value is returned.
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* Gets the value of a header with the specified name. If there are
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* more than one values for the specified name, the first value is returned.
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*
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* @return the header value or {@code null} if there is no such header
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* @param name The name of the header to search
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* @return The first header value or {@code null} if there is no such header
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*/
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String getHeader(String name);
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/**
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* Returns the header values with the specified header name.
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* Returns the values of headers with the specified name
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*
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* @return the {@link List} of header values. An empty list if there is no
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* such header.
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* @param name The name of the headers to search
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* @return A {@link List} of header values which will be empty if no values
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* are found
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*/
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List<String> getHeaders(String name);
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/**
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* Returns the all header names and values that this message contains.
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* Returns the all headers that this message contains.
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*
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* @return the {@link List} of the header name-value pairs. An empty list
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* if there is no header in this message.
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* @return A {@link List} of the header name-value entries, which will be
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* empty if no pairs are found
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*/
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List<Map.Entry<String, String>> getHeaders();
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/**
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* Returns {@code true} if and only if there is a header with the specified
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* header name.
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* Checks to see if there is a header with the specified name
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*
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* @param name The name of the header to search for
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* @return True if at least one header is found
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*/
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boolean containsHeader(String name);
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/**
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* Returns the {@link Set} of all header names that this message contains.
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* Gets a {@link Set} of all header names that this message contains
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*
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* @return A {@link Set} of all header names
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*/
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Set<String> getHeaderNames();
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/**
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* Returns the protocol version of this message.
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* Gets the protocol version of this {@link HttpMessage}
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*
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* @returns The protocol version
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*/
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HttpVersion getProtocolVersion();
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/**
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* Sets the protocol version of this message.
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* Sets the protocol version of this {@link HttpMessage}
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*
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* @param version The version to set
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*/
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void setProtocolVersion(HttpVersion version);
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/**
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* Returns the content of this message. If there is no content or
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* {@link #isChunked()} returns {@code true}, an
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* {@link Unpooled#EMPTY_BUFFER} is returned.
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* Gets the content of this {@link HttpMessage}.
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*
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* If there is no content or {@link #isChunked()} returns {@code true},
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* an {@link Unpooled#EMPTY_BUFFER} is returned.
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*
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* @return A {@link ByteBuf} containing this {@link HttpMessage}'s content
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*/
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ByteBuf getContent();
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/**
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* Sets the content of this message. If {@code null} is specified,
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* the content of this message will be set to {@link Unpooled#EMPTY_BUFFER}.
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* Sets the content of this {@link HttpMessage}.
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*
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* If {@code null} is specified, the content of this message
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* will be set to {@link Unpooled#EMPTY_BUFFER}
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*
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* @param content The {@link ByteBuf} containing the content to use
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*/
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void setContent(ByteBuf content);
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/**
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* Adds a new header with the specified name and value.
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* If the specified value is not a {@link String}, it is converted into a
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* {@link String} by {@link Object#toString()}, except for {@link Date}
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* and {@link Calendar} which are formatted to the date format defined in
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* <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.3.1">RFC2616</a>.
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*
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* If the specified value is not a {@link String}, it is converted
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* into a {@link String} by {@link Object#toString()}, except in the cases
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* of {@link Date} and {@link Calendar}, which are formatted to the date
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* format defined in <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.3.1">RFC2616</a>.
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*
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* @param name The name of the header being added
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* @param value The value of the header being added
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*/
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void addHeader(String name, Object value);
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/**
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* Sets a new header with the specified name and value. If there is an
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* existing header with the same name, the existing header is removed.
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* Sets a header with the specified name and value.
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*
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* If there is an existing header with the same name, it is removed.
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* If the specified value is not a {@link String}, it is converted into a
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* {@link String} by {@link Object#toString()}, except for {@link Date}
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* and {@link Calendar} which are formatted to the date format defined in
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* and {@link Calendar}, which are formatted to the date format defined in
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* <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.3.1">RFC2616</a>.
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*
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* @param name The name of the header being set
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* @param value The value of the header being set
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*/
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void setHeader(String name, Object value);
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/**
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* Sets a new header with the specified name and values. If there is an
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* existing header with the same name, the existing header is removed.
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* Sets a header with the specified name and values.
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*
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* If there is an existing header with the same name, it is removed.
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* This method can be represented approximately as the following code:
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* <pre>
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* m.removeHeader(name);
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@ -125,42 +152,62 @@ public interface HttpMessage {
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* m.addHeader(name, v);
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* }
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* </pre>
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*
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* @param name The name of the headers being set
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* @param values The values of the headers being set
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*/
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void setHeader(String name, Iterable<?> values);
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/**
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* Removes the header with the specified name.
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*
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* @param name The name of the header to remove
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*/
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void removeHeader(String name);
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/**
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* Removes all headers from this message.
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* Removes all headers from this {@link HttpMessage}.
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*/
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void clearHeaders();
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/**
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* Returns {@code true} if and only if this message does not have any
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* content but the {@link HttpChunk}s, which is generated by
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* {@link HttpMessageDecoder} consecutively, contain the actual content.
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* Checks to see if this {@link HttpMessage} is broken into multiple "chunks"
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*
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* If this returns true, it means that this {@link HttpMessage}
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* actually has no content - The {@link HttpChunk}s (which are generated
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* by the {@link HttpMessageDecoder} consecutively) contain the actual content.
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* <p>
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* Please note that this method will keep returning {@code true} if the
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* {@code "Transfer-Encoding"} of this message is {@code "chunked"}, even if
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* you attempt to override this property by calling {@link #setChunked(boolean)}
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* with {@code false}.
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* </p>
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*
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* @return True if this message is chunked, otherwise false
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*/
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boolean isChunked();
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/**
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* Sets if this message does not have any content but the
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* {@link HttpChunk}s, which is generated by {@link HttpMessageDecoder}
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* consecutively, contain the actual content.
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* Sets the boolean defining if this {@link HttpMessage} is chunked.
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*
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* <p>
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* If this method is called with {@code true}, the content of this message
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* becomes {@link Unpooled#EMPTY_BUFFER}.
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* If this is set to true, it means that this initial {@link HttpMessage}
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* does not contain any content - The content is contained by multiple
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* {@link HttpChunk}s, which are generated by the {@link HttpMessageDecoder}
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* consecutively.
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*
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* Because of this, the content of this {@link HttpMessage} becomes
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* {@link Unpooled#EMPTY_BUFFER}
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* </p>
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*
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* <p>
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* Even if this method is called with {@code false}, {@link #isChunked()}
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* will keep returning {@code true} if the {@code "Transfer-Encoding"} of
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* this message is {@code "chunked"}.
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* </p>
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*
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* @param chunked True if this message is to be delivered in chunks,
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* otherwise false.
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*/
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void setChunked(boolean chunked);
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}
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