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+// Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// This file contains general definitions used in implementing, testing and
+// emulating communication over HTTP.
+
+#ifndef CHROMEOS_PLATFORM_UPDATE_ENGINE_HTTP_COMMON_H__
+#define CHROMEOS_PLATFORM_UPDATE_ENGINE_HTTP_COMMON_H__
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+// Enumeration type for HTTP response codes.
+enum HttpResponseCode {
+  kHttpResponseUndefined           = 0,
+  kHttpResponseOk                  = 200,
+  kHttpResponseCreated             = 201,
+  kHttpResponseAccepted            = 202,
+  kHttpResponseNonAuthInfo         = 203,
+  kHttpResponseNoContent           = 204,
+  kHttpResponseResetContent        = 205,
+  kHttpResponsePartialContent      = 206,
+  kHttpResponseMultipleChoices     = 300,
+  kHttpResponseMovedPermanently    = 301,
+  kHttpResponseFound               = 302,
+  kHttpResponseSeeOther            = 303,
+  kHttpResponseNotModified         = 304,
+  kHttpResponseUseProxy            = 305,
+  kHttpResponseTempRedirect        = 307,
+  kHttpResponseBadRequest          = 400,
+  kHttpResponseUnauth              = 401,
+  kHttpResponseForbidden           = 403,
+  kHttpResponseNotFound            = 404,
+  kHttpResponseRequestTimeout      = 408,
+  kHttpResponseInternalServerError = 500,
+  kHttpResponseNotImplemented      = 501,
+  kHttpResponseServiceUnavailable  = 503,
+  kHttpResponseVersionNotSupported = 505,
+};
+
+// Returns a standard HTTP status line string for a given response code.
+const char *GetHttpResponseDescription(HttpResponseCode code);
+
+// Converts a string beginning with an HTTP error code into numerical value.
+HttpResponseCode StringToHttpResponseCode(const char *s);
+
+#endif  // CHROMEOS_PLATFORM_UPDATE_ENGINE_HTTP_COMMON_H__