/*
 * ====================================================================
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 * ====================================================================
 *
 * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
 * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
 * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
 * <http://www.apache.org/>.
 *
 */

package org.apache.http;

A name-value pair parameter used as an element of HTTP messages.
parameter               = attribute "=" value
attribute               = token
value                   = token | quoted-string

Since:
4.0/**
 * A name-value pair parameter used as an element of HTTP messages.
 *
 * <pre>
 * parameter               = attribute "=" value
 * attribute               = token
 * value                   = token | quoted-string
 * </pre>
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface NameValuePair {

    
Gets the name of this pair.
Returns:
the name of this pair, never null./**
     * Gets the name of this pair.
     *
     * @return the name of this pair, never {@code null}.
     */
    String getName();

    
Gets the value of this pair.
Returns:
the value of this pair, may be null./**
     * Gets the value of this pair.
     *
     * @return the value of this pair, may be {@code null}.
     */
    String getValue();

}