1 //! HTTP header types
2 //!
3 //! The module provides [`HeaderName`], [`HeaderMap`], and a number of types
4 //! used for interacting with `HeaderMap`. These types allow representing both
5 //! HTTP/1 and HTTP/2 headers.
6 //!
7 //! # `HeaderName`
8 //!
9 //! The `HeaderName` type represents both standard header names as well as
10 //! custom header names. The type handles the case insensitive nature of header
11 //! names and is used as the key portion of `HeaderMap`. Header names are
12 //! normalized to lower case. In other words, when creating a `HeaderName` with
13 //! a string, even if upper case characters are included, when getting a string
14 //! representation of the `HeaderName`, it will be all lower case. This allows
15 //! for faster `HeaderMap` comparison operations.
16 //!
17 //! The internal representation is optimized to efficiently handle the cases
18 //! most commonly encountered when working with HTTP. Standard header names are
19 //! special cased and are represented internally as an enum. Short custom
20 //! headers will be stored directly in the `HeaderName` struct and will not
21 //! incur any allocation overhead, however longer strings will require an
22 //! allocation for storage.
23 //!
24 //! ## Limitations
25 //!
26 //! `HeaderName` has a max length of 32,768 for header names. Attempting to
27 //! parse longer names will result in a panic.
28 //!
29 //! # `HeaderMap`
30 //!
31 //! `HeaderMap` is a map structure of header names highly optimized for use
32 //! cases common with HTTP. It is a [multimap] structure, where each header name
33 //! may have multiple associated header values. Given this, some of the APIs
34 //! diverge from [`HashMap`].
35 //!
36 //! ## Overview
37 //!
38 //! Just like `HashMap` in Rust's stdlib, `HeaderMap` is based on [Robin Hood
39 //! hashing]. This algorithm tends to reduce the worst case search times in the
40 //! table and enables high load factors without seriously affecting performance.
41 //! Internally, keys and values are stored in vectors. As such, each insertion
42 //! will not incur allocation overhead. However, once the underlying vector
43 //! storage is full, a larger vector must be allocated and all values copied.
44 //!
45 //! ## Deterministic ordering
46 //!
47 //! Unlike Rust's `HashMap`, values in `HeaderMap` are deterministically
48 //! ordered. Roughly, values are ordered by insertion. This means that a
49 //! function that deterministically operates on a header map can rely on the
50 //! iteration order to remain consistent across processes and platforms.
51 //!
52 //! ## Adaptive hashing
53 //!
54 //! `HeaderMap` uses an adaptive hashing strategy in order to efficiently handle
55 //! most common cases. All standard headers have statically computed hash values
56 //! which removes the need to perform any hashing of these headers at runtime.
57 //! The default hash function emphasizes performance over robustness. However,
58 //! `HeaderMap` detects high collision rates and switches to a secure hash
59 //! function in those events. The threshold is set such that only denial of
60 //! service attacks should trigger it.
61 //!
62 //! ## Limitations
63 //!
64 //! `HeaderMap` can store a maximum of 32,768 headers (header name / value
65 //! pairs). Attempting to insert more will result in a panic.
66 //!
67 //! [`HeaderName`]: struct.HeaderName.html
68 //! [`HeaderMap`]: struct.HeaderMap.html
69 //! [multimap]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimap
70 //! [`HashMap`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/collections/struct.HashMap.html
71 //! [Robin Hood hashing]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_table#Robin_Hood_hashing
72 
73 mod map;
74 mod name;
75 mod value;
76 
77 pub use self::map::{
78     AsHeaderName, Drain, Entry, GetAll, HeaderMap, IntoHeaderName, IntoIter, Iter, IterMut, Keys,
79     OccupiedEntry, VacantEntry, ValueDrain, ValueIter, ValueIterMut, Values, ValuesMut,
80 };
81 pub use self::name::{HeaderName, InvalidHeaderName};
82 pub use self::value::{HeaderValue, InvalidHeaderValue, ToStrError};
83 
84 // Use header name constants
85 pub use self::name::{
86     ACCEPT,
87     ACCEPT_CHARSET,
88     ACCEPT_ENCODING,
89     ACCEPT_LANGUAGE,
90     ACCEPT_RANGES,
91     ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS,
92     ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_HEADERS,
93     ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_METHODS,
94     ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN,
95     ACCESS_CONTROL_EXPOSE_HEADERS,
96     ACCESS_CONTROL_MAX_AGE,
97     ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_HEADERS,
98     ACCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST_METHOD,
99     AGE,
100     ALLOW,
101     ALT_SVC,
102     AUTHORIZATION,
103     CACHE_CONTROL,
104     CACHE_STATUS,
105     CDN_CACHE_CONTROL,
106     CONNECTION,
107     CONTENT_DISPOSITION,
108     CONTENT_ENCODING,
109     CONTENT_LANGUAGE,
110     CONTENT_LENGTH,
111     CONTENT_LOCATION,
112     CONTENT_RANGE,
113     CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY,
114     CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY_REPORT_ONLY,
115     CONTENT_TYPE,
116     COOKIE,
117     DNT,
118     DATE,
119     ETAG,
120     EXPECT,
121     EXPIRES,
122     FORWARDED,
123     FROM,
124     HOST,
125     IF_MATCH,
126     IF_MODIFIED_SINCE,
127     IF_NONE_MATCH,
128     IF_RANGE,
129     IF_UNMODIFIED_SINCE,
130     LAST_MODIFIED,
131     LINK,
132     LOCATION,
133     MAX_FORWARDS,
134     ORIGIN,
135     PRAGMA,
136     PROXY_AUTHENTICATE,
137     PROXY_AUTHORIZATION,
138     PUBLIC_KEY_PINS,
139     PUBLIC_KEY_PINS_REPORT_ONLY,
140     RANGE,
141     REFERER,
142     REFERRER_POLICY,
143     REFRESH,
144     RETRY_AFTER,
145     SEC_WEBSOCKET_ACCEPT,
146     SEC_WEBSOCKET_EXTENSIONS,
147     SEC_WEBSOCKET_KEY,
148     SEC_WEBSOCKET_PROTOCOL,
149     SEC_WEBSOCKET_VERSION,
150     SERVER,
151     SET_COOKIE,
152     STRICT_TRANSPORT_SECURITY,
153     TE,
154     TRAILER,
155     TRANSFER_ENCODING,
156     UPGRADE,
157     UPGRADE_INSECURE_REQUESTS,
158     USER_AGENT,
159     VARY,
160     VIA,
161     WARNING,
162     WWW_AUTHENTICATE,
163     X_CONTENT_TYPE_OPTIONS,
164     X_DNS_PREFETCH_CONTROL,
165     X_FRAME_OPTIONS,
166     X_XSS_PROTECTION,
167 };
168 
169 /// Maximum length of a header name
170 ///
171 /// Generally, 64kb for a header name is WAY too much than would ever be needed
172 /// in practice. Restricting it to this size enables using `u16` values to
173 /// represent offsets when dealing with header names.
174 const MAX_HEADER_NAME_LEN: usize = (1 << 16) - 1;
175