Ocamlnet 3 Reference Manual : Netmime.basic_mime_header

# Class Netmime.basic_mime_header

    class basic_mime_header : ?ro:bool -> (string * string) list -> mime_header

An implementation of `mime_header`.

The argument is the list of (name,value) pairs of the header.

Example: Create a MIME header with only the field "Content-type":

     let h = new basic_mime_header ["content-type", "text/plain"]

Example: Set the field "Subject":

     h # update_field "subject" "The value of this field"

This `mime_header` implementation bases on a mixture of a `Map` data structure and a doubly linked list. The efficiency of the operations (n=number of fields; m=average number of values per field; n*m=total number of values):

- `new`, `set_fields`: O(m * n * log n), but the construction of the dictionary is deferred until the first real access
- `field`: O(log n)
- `multiple_field`: O(log n + m)
- `fields`: O(n * m)
- `update_field`, `update_multiple_field`: O(log n + m)
- `delete_field`: O(n + m)

`ro` : whether the header is read-only (default: false)