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27
28 package org.apache.hc.core5.http;
29
30 /**
31 * Represents an HTTP header field consisting of a field name and a field
32 * value.
33 *
34 * @since 4.0
35 */
36 public interface Header extends NameValuePair {
37
38 /**
39 * Returns {@code true} if the header should be considered sensitive.
40 * <p>
41 * Some encoding schemes such as HPACK impose restrictions on encoded
42 * representation of sensitive headers.
43 * </p>
44 *
45 * @return {@code true} if the header should be considered sensitive.
46 *
47 * @since 5.0
48 */
49 boolean isSensitive();
50
51 }