http::ext_list::value

http::ext_list::value_type

The type of each element in the list.

Synopsis

using value_type = std::pair< string_view, param_list >;

Types

Name	Description
const_iterator	A constant iterator to the list.
value_type	The type of each element in the list.

Member Functions

Name	Description
begin	Return a const iterator to the beginning of the list.
cbegin	Return a const iterator to the beginning of the list.
cend	Return a const iterator to the end of the list.
end	Return a const iterator to the end of the list.
param_list	Default constructor. — Construct a list.

This container allows iteration of the parameter list in an HTTP extension. The parameter list is a series of name/value pairs with each pair starting with a semicolon. The value is optional.

If a parsing error is encountered while iterating the string, the behavior of the container will be as if a string containing only characters up to but excluding the first invalid character was used to construct the list.

BNF

param-list  = *( OWS ";" OWS param )
param       = token OWS [ "=" OWS ( token / quoted- string ) ]

To use this class, construct with the string to be parsed and then use begin and end, or range-for to iterate each item:

Example

for ( auto const & param : param_list{ ";level=9;no_context_takeover;bits=15" })
{
    std::cout << ";" << param.first;
    if (! param.second.empty())
        std::cout << "=" << param.second;
    std::cout << "\n" ;
}

Description

The first element of the pair is the extension token, and the second element of the pair is an iterable container holding the extension's name/value parameters.