| """ |
| Contains structures for representing header fields with associated metadata. |
| """ |
| from __future__ import annotations |
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| from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any |
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|
| if TYPE_CHECKING: |
| from typing_extensions import Self, TypeAlias |
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| class HeaderTuple(tuple[bytes, bytes]): |
| """ |
| A data structure that stores a single header field. |
| |
| HTTP headers can be thought of as tuples of ``(field name, field value)``. |
| A single header block is a sequence of such tuples. |
| |
| In HTTP/2, however, certain bits of additional information are required for |
| compressing these headers: in particular, whether the header field can be |
| safely added to the HPACK compression context. |
| |
| This class stores a header that can be added to the compression context. In |
| all other ways it behaves exactly like a tuple. |
| """ |
|
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| __slots__ = () |
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| indexable = True |
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| def __new__(cls, *args: Any) -> Self: |
| return tuple.__new__(cls, args) |
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|
| class NeverIndexedHeaderTuple(HeaderTuple): |
| """ |
| A data structure that stores a single header field that cannot be added to |
| a HTTP/2 header compression context. |
| """ |
|
|
| __slots__ = () |
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| indexable = False |
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|
| def __new__(cls, *args: Any) -> Self: |
| return tuple.__new__(cls, args) |
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| Header: TypeAlias = "HeaderTuple | NeverIndexedHeaderTuple | tuple[bytes, bytes]" |
| HeaderWeaklyTyped: TypeAlias = "HeaderTuple | NeverIndexedHeaderTuple | tuple[bytes | str, bytes | str]" |
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