/src/http/src/header/value.rs

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use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};

use std::convert::TryFrom;
use std::error::Error;
use std::fmt::Write;
use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
use std::str::FromStr;
use std::{cmp, fmt, str};

use crate::header::name::HeaderName;

/// Represents an HTTP header field value.
///
/// In practice, HTTP header field values are usually valid ASCII. However, the
/// HTTP spec allows for a header value to contain opaque bytes as well. In this
/// case, the header field value is not able to be represented as a string.
///
/// To handle this, the `HeaderValue` is usable as a type and can be compared
/// with strings and implements `Debug`. A `to_str` fn is provided that returns
/// an `Err` if the header value contains non visible ascii characters.
#[derive(Clone)]
pub struct HeaderValue {
    inner: Bytes,
    is_sensitive: bool,
}

/// A possible error when converting a `HeaderValue` from a string or byte
/// slice.
pub struct InvalidHeaderValue {
    _priv: (),
}

/// A possible error when converting a `HeaderValue` to a string representation.
///
/// Header field values may contain opaque bytes, in which case it is not
/// possible to represent the value as a string.
#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct ToStrError {
    _priv: (),
}

impl HeaderValue {
    /// Convert a static string to a `HeaderValue`.
    ///
    /// This function will not perform any copying, however the string is
    /// checked to ensure that no invalid characters are present. Only visible
    /// ASCII characters (32-126) and horizontal tab are permitted.
    ///
    /// # Panics
    ///
    /// This function panics if the argument contains invalid header value
    /// characters.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use http::header::HeaderValue;
    /// let val = HeaderValue::from_static("hello");
    /// assert_eq!(val, "hello");
    /// ```
    #[inline]
    pub const fn from_static(src: &'static str) -> HeaderValue {
        let bytes = src.as_bytes();
        let mut i = 0;
        while i < bytes.len() {
            if !is_valid_ascii(bytes[i]) {
                panic!("HeaderValue::from_static with invalid bytes")
            }
            i += 1;
        }

        HeaderValue {
            inner: Bytes::from_static(bytes),
            is_sensitive: false,
        }
    }

    /// Attempt to convert a string to a `HeaderValue`.
    ///
    /// If the argument contains invalid header value characters, an error is
    /// returned. Only visible ASCII characters (32-126) and horizontal tab are
    /// permitted. Use
    /// `from_bytes` to create a `HeaderValue` that includes opaque octets
    /// (128-255).
    ///
    /// This function is intended to be replaced in the future by a `TryFrom`
    /// implementation once the trait is stabilized in std.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use http::header::HeaderValue;
    /// let val = HeaderValue::from_str("hello").unwrap();
    /// assert_eq!(val, "hello");
    /// ```
    ///
    /// An invalid value
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use http::header::HeaderValue;
    /// let val = HeaderValue::from_str("\n");
    /// assert!(val.is_err());
    /// ```
    #[inline]
    #[allow(clippy::should_implement_trait)]
    pub fn from_str(src: &str) -> Result<HeaderValue, InvalidHeaderValue> {
        HeaderValue::try_from_generic(
            src,
            |s| Bytes::copy_from_slice(s.as_bytes()),
            is_valid_ascii,
        )
    }

    /// Converts a HeaderName into a HeaderValue
    ///
    /// Since every valid HeaderName is a valid HeaderValue this is done infallibly.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use http::header::{HeaderValue, HeaderName};
    /// # use http::header::ACCEPT;
    /// let val = HeaderValue::from_name(ACCEPT);
    /// assert_eq!(val, HeaderValue::from_bytes(b"accept").unwrap());
    /// ```
    #[inline]
    pub fn from_name(name: HeaderName) -> HeaderValue {
        name.into()
    }

    /// Attempt to convert a byte slice to a `HeaderValue`.
    ///
    /// If the argument contains invalid header value bytes, an error is
    /// returned. Only byte values between 32 and 255 (inclusive) are permitted,
    /// excluding byte 127 (DEL).
    ///
    /// This function is intended to be replaced in the future by a `TryFrom`
    /// implementation once the trait is stabilized in std.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use http::header::HeaderValue;
    /// let val = HeaderValue::from_bytes(b"hello\xfa").unwrap();
    /// assert_eq!(val, &b"hello\xfa"[..]);
    /// ```
    ///
    /// An invalid value
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use http::header::HeaderValue;
    /// let val = HeaderValue::from_bytes(b"\n");
    /// assert!(val.is_err());
    /// ```
    #[inline]
    pub fn from_bytes(src: &[u8]) -> Result<HeaderValue, InvalidHeaderValue> {
        HeaderValue::try_from_generic(src, Bytes::copy_from_slice, is_valid_ascii_or_opaque_byte)
    }

    /// Attempt to convert a `Bytes` buffer to a `HeaderValue`.
    ///
    /// This will try to prevent a copy if the type passed is the type used
    /// internally, and will copy the data if it is not.
    pub fn from_maybe_shared<T>(src: T) -> Result<HeaderValue, InvalidHeaderValue>
    where
        T: AsRef<[u8]> + 'static,
    {
        if_downcast_into!(T, Bytes, src, {
            return HeaderValue::from_shared(src);
        });

        HeaderValue::from_bytes(src.as_ref())
    }

    /// Convert a `Bytes` directly into a `HeaderValue` without validating.
    ///
    /// This function does NOT validate that illegal bytes are not contained
    /// within the buffer.
    ///
    /// ## Panics
    /// In a debug build this will panic if `src` is not valid UTF-8.
    ///
    /// ## Safety
    /// `src` must contain valid UTF-8. In a release build it is undefined
    /// behaviour to call this with `src` that is not valid UTF-8.
    pub unsafe fn from_maybe_shared_unchecked<T>(src: T) -> HeaderValue
    where
        T: AsRef<[u8]> + 'static,
    {
        if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
            match HeaderValue::from_maybe_shared(src) {
                Ok(val) => val,
                Err(_err) => {
                    panic!("HeaderValue::from_maybe_shared_unchecked() with invalid bytes");
                }
            }
        } else {
            if_downcast_into!(T, Bytes, src, {
                return HeaderValue {
                    inner: src,
                    is_sensitive: false,
                };
            });

            let src = Bytes::copy_from_slice(src.as_ref());
            HeaderValue {
                inner: src,
                is_sensitive: false,
            }
        }
    }

    fn from_shared(src: Bytes) -> Result<HeaderValue, InvalidHeaderValue> {
        HeaderValue::try_from_generic(src, std::convert::identity, is_valid_ascii_or_opaque_byte)
    }

    fn try_from_generic<T: AsRef<[u8]>, F: FnOnce(T) -> Bytes, V: Fn(u8) -> bool>(
        src: T,
        into: F,
        is_valid: V,
    ) -> Result<HeaderValue, InvalidHeaderValue> {
        // Avoid an early return so the loop vectorizes.
        let mut bad = false;
        for &b in src.as_ref() {
            bad |= !is_valid(b);
        }
        if bad {
            return Err(InvalidHeaderValue { _priv: () });
        }
        Ok(HeaderValue {
            inner: into(src),
            is_sensitive: false,
        })
    }

    /// Yields a `&str` slice if the `HeaderValue` only contains visible ASCII
    /// chars.
    ///
    /// This function will perform a scan of the header value, checking all the
    /// characters.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use http::header::HeaderValue;
    /// let val = HeaderValue::from_static("hello");
    /// assert_eq!(val.to_str().unwrap(), "hello");
    /// ```
    pub fn to_str(&self) -> Result<&str, ToStrError> {
        let bytes = self.as_ref();

        // Avoid an early return so the loop vectorizes.
        let mut bad = false;
        for &b in bytes {
            bad |= !is_valid_ascii(b);
        }
        if bad {
            return Err(ToStrError { _priv: () });
        }

        unsafe { Ok(str::from_utf8_unchecked(bytes)) }
    }

    /// Returns the length of `self`.
    ///
    /// This length is in bytes.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use http::header::HeaderValue;
    /// let val = HeaderValue::from_static("hello");
    /// assert_eq!(val.len(), 5);
    /// ```
    #[inline]
    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
        self.as_ref().len()
    }

    /// Returns true if the `HeaderValue` has a length of zero bytes.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use http::header::HeaderValue;
    /// let val = HeaderValue::from_static("");
    /// assert!(val.is_empty());
    ///
    /// let val = HeaderValue::from_static("hello");
    /// assert!(!val.is_empty());
    /// ```
    #[inline]
    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
        self.len() == 0
    }

    /// Converts a `HeaderValue` to a byte slice.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use http::header::HeaderValue;
    /// let val = HeaderValue::from_static("hello");
    /// assert_eq!(val.as_bytes(), b"hello");
    /// ```
    #[inline]
    pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
        self.as_ref()
    }

    /// Mark that the header value represents sensitive information.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use http::header::HeaderValue;
    /// let mut val = HeaderValue::from_static("my secret");
    ///
    /// val.set_sensitive(true);
    /// assert!(val.is_sensitive());
    ///
    /// val.set_sensitive(false);
    /// assert!(!val.is_sensitive());
    /// ```
    #[inline]
    pub fn set_sensitive(&mut self, val: bool) {
        self.is_sensitive = val;
    }

    /// Returns `true` if the value represents sensitive data.
    ///
    /// Sensitive data could represent passwords or other data that should not
    /// be stored on disk or in memory. By marking header values as sensitive,
    /// components using this crate can be instructed to treat them with special
    /// care for security reasons. For example, caches can avoid storing
    /// sensitive values, and HPACK encoders used by HTTP/2.0 implementations
    /// can choose not to compress them.
    ///
    /// Additionally, sensitive values will be masked by the `Debug`
    /// implementation of `HeaderValue`.
    ///
    /// Note that sensitivity is not factored into equality or ordering.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use http::header::HeaderValue;
    /// let mut val = HeaderValue::from_static("my secret");
    ///
    /// val.set_sensitive(true);
    /// assert!(val.is_sensitive());
    ///
    /// val.set_sensitive(false);
    /// assert!(!val.is_sensitive());
    /// ```
    #[inline]
    pub fn is_sensitive(&self) -> bool {
        self.is_sensitive
    }
}

impl AsRef<[u8]> for HeaderValue {
    #[inline]
    fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
        self.inner.as_ref()
    }
}

impl fmt::Debug for HeaderValue {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
        if self.is_sensitive {
            f.write_str("Sensitive")
        } else {
            f.write_str("\"")?;
            let mut from = 0;
            let bytes = self.as_bytes();
            for (i, &b) in bytes.iter().enumerate() {
                if !is_valid_ascii(b) || b == b'"' {
                    if from != i {
                        f.write_str(unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(&bytes[from..i]) })?;
                    }
                    if b == b'"' {
                        f.write_str("\\\"")?;
                    } else {
                        write!(f, "\\x{:x}", b)?;
                    }
                    from = i + 1;
                }
            }

            f.write_str(unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(&bytes[from..]) })?;
            f.write_str("\"")
        }
    }
}

impl From<HeaderName> for HeaderValue {
    #[inline]
    fn from(h: HeaderName) -> HeaderValue {
        HeaderValue {
            inner: h.into_bytes(),
            is_sensitive: false,
        }
    }
}

macro_rules! from_integers {
    ($($name:ident: $t:ident => $max_len:expr),*) => {$(
        impl From<$t> for HeaderValue {
            fn from(num: $t) -> HeaderValue {
                let mut buf = BytesMut::with_capacity($max_len);
                let _ = buf.write_str(::itoa::Buffer::new().format(num));
                HeaderValue {
                    inner: buf.freeze(),
                    is_sensitive: false,
                }
            }
        }

        #[test]
        fn $name() {
            let n: $t = 55;
            let val = HeaderValue::from(n);
            assert_eq!(val, &n.to_string());

            let n = <$t>::MAX;
            let val = HeaderValue::from(n);
            assert_eq!(val, &n.to_string());
        }
    )*};
}

from_integers! {
    // integer type => maximum decimal length

    // u8 purposely left off... HeaderValue::from(b'3') could be confusing
    from_u16: u16 => 5,
    from_i16: i16 => 6,
    from_u32: u32 => 10,
    from_i32: i32 => 11,
    from_u64: u64 => 20,
    from_i64: i64 => 20
}

#[cfg(target_pointer_width = "16")]
from_integers! {
    from_usize: usize => 5,
    from_isize: isize => 6
}

#[cfg(target_pointer_width = "32")]
from_integers! {
    from_usize: usize => 10,
    from_isize: isize => 11
}

#[cfg(target_pointer_width = "64")]
from_integers! {
    from_usize: usize => 20,
    from_isize: isize => 20
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod from_header_name_tests {
    use super::*;
    use crate::header::map::HeaderMap;
    use crate::header::name;

    #[test]
    fn it_can_insert_header_name_as_header_value() {
        let mut map = HeaderMap::new();
        map.insert(name::UPGRADE, name::SEC_WEBSOCKET_PROTOCOL.into());
        map.insert(
            name::ACCEPT,
            name::HeaderName::from_bytes(b"hello-world").unwrap().into(),
        );

        assert_eq!(
            map.get(name::UPGRADE).unwrap(),
            HeaderValue::from_bytes(b"sec-websocket-protocol").unwrap()
        );

        assert_eq!(
            map.get(name::ACCEPT).unwrap(),
            HeaderValue::from_bytes(b"hello-world").unwrap()
        );
    }
}

impl FromStr for HeaderValue {
    type Err = InvalidHeaderValue;

    #[inline]
    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<HeaderValue, Self::Err> {
        HeaderValue::from_str(s)
    }
}

impl From<&HeaderValue> for HeaderValue {
    #[inline]
    fn from(t: &HeaderValue) -> Self {
        t.clone()
    }
}

impl TryFrom<&str> for HeaderValue {
    type Error = InvalidHeaderValue;

    #[inline]
    fn try_from(t: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
        t.parse()
    }
}

impl TryFrom<&String> for HeaderValue {
    type Error = InvalidHeaderValue;
    #[inline]
    fn try_from(s: &String) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
        Self::from_str(s)
    }
}

impl TryFrom<&[u8]> for HeaderValue {
    type Error = InvalidHeaderValue;

    #[inline]
    fn try_from(t: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
        HeaderValue::from_bytes(t)
    }
}

impl TryFrom<String> for HeaderValue {
    type Error = InvalidHeaderValue;

    #[inline]
    fn try_from(t: String) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
        HeaderValue::try_from_generic(t, |s| s.into(), is_valid_ascii)
    }
}

impl TryFrom<Vec<u8>> for HeaderValue {
    type Error = InvalidHeaderValue;

    #[inline]
    fn try_from(vec: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
        HeaderValue::from_shared(vec.into())
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod try_from_header_name_tests {
    use super::*;
    use crate::header::name;

    #[test]
    fn it_converts_using_try_from() {
        assert_eq!(
            HeaderValue::try_from(name::UPGRADE).unwrap(),
            HeaderValue::from_bytes(b"upgrade").unwrap()
        );
    }
}

const fn is_valid_ascii(b: u8) -> bool {
    b >= 32 && b < 127 || b == b'\t'
}

// This validator is only for byte-oriented constructors. HTTP field values
// may contain opaque bytes, even though those bytes cannot be exposed by
// `HeaderValue::to_str`.
#[inline]
fn is_valid_ascii_or_opaque_byte(b: u8) -> bool {
    b >= 32 && b != 127 || b == b'\t'
}

impl fmt::Debug for InvalidHeaderValue {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        f.debug_struct("InvalidHeaderValue")
            // skip _priv noise
            .finish()
    }
}

impl fmt::Display for InvalidHeaderValue {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
        f.write_str("failed to parse header value")
    }
}

impl Error for InvalidHeaderValue {}

impl fmt::Display for ToStrError {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
        f.write_str("failed to convert header to a str")
    }
}

impl Error for ToStrError {}

// ===== PartialEq / PartialOrd =====

impl Hash for HeaderValue {
    fn hash<H: Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
        self.inner.hash(state);
    }
}

impl PartialEq for HeaderValue {
    #[inline]
    fn eq(&self, other: &HeaderValue) -> bool {
        self.inner == other.inner
    }
}

impl Eq for HeaderValue {}

impl PartialOrd for HeaderValue {
    #[inline]
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &HeaderValue) -> Option<cmp::Ordering> {
        Some(self.cmp(other))
    }
}

impl Ord for HeaderValue {
    #[inline]
    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> cmp::Ordering {
        self.inner.cmp(&other.inner)
    }
}

impl PartialEq<str> for HeaderValue {
    #[inline]
    fn eq(&self, other: &str) -> bool {
        self.inner == other.as_bytes()
    }
}

impl PartialEq<[u8]> for HeaderValue {
    #[inline]
    fn eq(&self, other: &[u8]) -> bool {
        self.inner == other
    }
}

impl PartialOrd<str> for HeaderValue {
    #[inline]
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &str) -> Option<cmp::Ordering> {
        (*self.inner).partial_cmp(other.as_bytes())
    }
}

impl PartialOrd<[u8]> for HeaderValue {
    #[inline]
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &[u8]) -> Option<cmp::Ordering> {
        (*self.inner).partial_cmp(other)
    }
}

impl PartialEq<HeaderValue> for str {
    #[inline]
    fn eq(&self, other: &HeaderValue) -> bool {
        *other == *self
    }
}

impl PartialEq<HeaderValue> for [u8] {
    #[inline]
    fn eq(&self, other: &HeaderValue) -> bool {
        *other == *self
    }
}

impl PartialOrd<HeaderValue> for str {
    #[inline]
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &HeaderValue) -> Option<cmp::Ordering> {
        self.as_bytes().partial_cmp(other.as_bytes())
    }
}

impl PartialOrd<HeaderValue> for [u8] {
    #[inline]
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &HeaderValue) -> Option<cmp::Ordering> {
        self.partial_cmp(other.as_bytes())
    }
}

impl PartialEq<String> for HeaderValue {
    #[inline]
    fn eq(&self, other: &String) -> bool {
        *self == other[..]
    }
}

impl PartialOrd<String> for HeaderValue {
    #[inline]
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &String) -> Option<cmp::Ordering> {
        self.inner.partial_cmp(other.as_bytes())
    }
}

impl PartialEq<HeaderValue> for String {
    #[inline]
    fn eq(&self, other: &HeaderValue) -> bool {
        *other == *self
    }
}

impl PartialOrd<HeaderValue> for String {
    #[inline]
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &HeaderValue) -> Option<cmp::Ordering> {
        self.as_bytes().partial_cmp(other.as_bytes())
    }
}

impl PartialEq<HeaderValue> for &HeaderValue {
    #[inline]
    fn eq(&self, other: &HeaderValue) -> bool {
        **self == *other
    }
}

impl PartialOrd<HeaderValue> for &HeaderValue {
    #[inline]
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &HeaderValue) -> Option<cmp::Ordering> {
        (**self).partial_cmp(other)
    }
}

impl<T: ?Sized> PartialEq<&T> for HeaderValue
where
    HeaderValue: PartialEq<T>,
{
    #[inline]
    fn eq(&self, other: &&T) -> bool {
        *self == **other
    }
}

impl<T: ?Sized> PartialOrd<&T> for HeaderValue
where
    HeaderValue: PartialOrd<T>,
{
    #[inline]
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &&T) -> Option<cmp::Ordering> {
        self.partial_cmp(*other)
    }
}

impl PartialEq<HeaderValue> for &str {
    #[inline]
    fn eq(&self, other: &HeaderValue) -> bool {
        *other == *self
    }
}

impl PartialOrd<HeaderValue> for &str {
    #[inline]
    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &HeaderValue) -> Option<cmp::Ordering> {
        self.as_bytes().partial_cmp(other.as_bytes())
    }
}

#[test]
fn test_try_from() {
    HeaderValue::try_from(vec![127]).unwrap_err();
}

#[test]
fn test_string_constructors_reject_non_ascii() {
    let value = String::from("hello \u{e9}");

    assert!(HeaderValue::from_str(&value).is_err());
    assert!(HeaderValue::try_from(value.as_str()).is_err());
    assert!(HeaderValue::try_from(&value).is_err());
    assert!(HeaderValue::try_from(value).is_err());
}

#[test]
fn test_byte_constructors_allow_opaque_bytes_but_reject_del() {
    assert!(HeaderValue::from_bytes(b"hello\xff").is_ok());
    assert!(HeaderValue::try_from(&b"hello\xff"[..]).is_ok());
    assert!(HeaderValue::try_from(b"hello\xff".to_vec()).is_ok());

    assert!(HeaderValue::from_bytes(b"hello\x7f").is_err());
}

#[test]
fn test_string_and_byte_constructors_allow_horizontal_tab() {
    assert!(HeaderValue::from_str("hello\tworld").is_ok());
    assert!(HeaderValue::from_bytes(b"hello\tworld").is_ok());
}

#[test]
#[should_panic(expected = "HeaderValue::from_static with invalid bytes")]
fn test_static_constructor_rejects_non_ascii() {
    HeaderValue::from_static("hello \u{e9}");
}

#[test]
fn test_debug() {
    let cases = &[
        ("hello", "\"hello\""),
        ("hello \"world\"", "\"hello \\\"world\\\"\""),
        ("\u{7FFF}hello", "\"\\xe7\\xbf\\xbfhello\""),
    ];

    for &(value, expected) in cases {
        let val = HeaderValue::from_bytes(value.as_bytes()).unwrap();
        let actual = format!("{:?}", val);
        assert_eq!(expected, actual);
    }

    let mut sensitive = HeaderValue::from_static("password");
    sensitive.set_sensitive(true);
    assert_eq!("Sensitive", format!("{:?}", sensitive));
}

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