[MESOS-7051] Introduce a new http::Headers abstraction.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0
• Component/s: libprocess
• Labels: http libprocess
• Target Version/s: 1.2.0
• Story Points: 2
• Assignee: Gilbert Song
• Reporter: Gilbert Song
• Shepherd: Jie Yu
• Created: 02/Feb/17 00:53
• Updated: 21/Feb/17 23:31
• Resolved: 02/Feb/17 21:19

Description

Introduce a new http::Headers abstraction to replace the previous hashmap 'Headers'. The benefit is that it can be embedded with other header classes (e.g., WWW-Authenticate) to parse a header content, as well as doing validation.

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: MESOS-6758 Support 'Basic' auth docker private registry on Unified Containerizer.
• is related to: MESOS-7153 The new http::Headers abstraction may break some modules.