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package org.eclipse.jetty.http;

Interface to pre-encode HttpFields. Used by PreEncodedHttpField /**
 * Interface to pre-encode HttpFields.  Used by {@link PreEncodedHttpField}
 */
public interface HttpFieldPreEncoder
{

    
The major version this encoder is for. Both HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 use the same field encoding, so the HttpVersion.HTTP_1_0 should be return for all HTTP/1.x encodings. 
Returns:
The major version this encoder is for./**
     * The major version this encoder is for.  Both HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1
     * use the same field encoding, so the {@link HttpVersion#HTTP_1_0} should
     * be return for all HTTP/1.x encodings.
     *
     * @return The major version this encoder is for.
     */
    HttpVersion getHttpVersion();

    byte[] getEncodedField(HttpHeader header, String headerString, String value);
}