Introduction

Internet Protocols Module User's Guide
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5.1 Introduction

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the native protocol for the Internet's World Wide Web. Detailed information is in RFC 2616, at http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html.

The HTTP package is conditionally compliant with RFC 2616. It includes support for:

Persistent connections and pipelined requests with HTTP/1.1 servers
Interpretation of chunked-data responses from HTTP/1.1 servers
Requesting part of an HTTP document
Sending and receiving large files through the use of a streaming mechanism
Breaking out of requests that might hang indefinitely

5.1.1 Classes in the HTTP Package

This package includes the following classes:

*RWHttpAgent*	*RWHttpHostHeader*
*RWHttpAuthorizationHeaderBase*	*RWHttpIfDateRangeHeader*
*RWHttpBasicAuthorizationHeader*	*RWHttpIfEntityTagRangeHeader*
*RWHttpClient*	*RWHttpIfModifiedSinceHeader*
*RWHttpContentLengthHeader*	*RWHttpRange*
*RWHttpDate*	*RWHttpRangeHeader*
*RWHttpDateHeader*	*RWHttpReply*
*RWHttpEntityTag*	*RWHttpRequest*
*RWHttpEntityTagHeaderBase*	*RWHttpRequestBody*
*RWHttpFromHeader*	*RWHttpRequestStreamBody*
*RWHttpGenericHeader*	*RWHttpRequestStringBody*
*RWHttpHeaderBase*	*RWHttpSocketClient*
*RWHttpHeaderList*	*RWHttpUserAgentHeader*

These classes are described in detail in the SourcePro C++ API Reference Guide.

5.1.2 Header Files

The rw/http directory contains a header file for each class. The header file names have the form classname.h. For example, the header file for RWHttpAgent is RWHttpAgent.h.

You can also use the umbrella header file, http.h, which includes the header files for all classes in the HTTP package.

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