Header convenient constructors

README.md

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ use std::io::Read;
 
 use hyper::Client;
 use hyper::header::Connection;
-use hyper::header::ConnectionOption;
 
 fn main() {
     // Create a client.
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ fn main() {
     // Creating an outgoing request.
     let mut res = client.get("http://www.gooogle.com/")
         // set a header
-        .header(Connection(vec![ConnectionOption::Close]))
+        .header(Connection::close())
         // let 'er go!
         .send().unwrap();
 

examples/client.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use std::io;
 
 use hyper::Client;
 use hyper::header::Connection;
-use hyper::header::ConnectionOption::Close;
 
 fn main() {
     env_logger::init().unwrap();
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ fn main() {
     let mut client = Client::new();
 
     let mut res = client.get(&*url)
-        .header(Connection(vec![Close]))
+        .header(Connection::close())
         .send().unwrap();
 
     println!("Response: {}", res.status);

src/header/common/connection.rs

@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ header! {
     }
 }
 
+impl Connection {
+    /// A constructor to easily create a `Connection: close` header.
+    pub fn close() -> Connection {
+        Connection(vec![ConnectionOption::Close])
+    }
+
+    /// A constructor to easily create a `Connection: keep-alive` header.
+    pub fn keep_alive() -> Connection {
+        Connection(vec![ConnectionOption::KeepAlive])
+    }
+}
+
 bench_header!(close, Connection, { vec![b"close".to_vec()] });
 bench_header!(keep_alive, Connection, { vec![b"keep-alive".to_vec()] });
 bench_header!(header, Connection, { vec![b"authorization".to_vec()] });

src/header/common/content_type.rs

@@ -34,4 +34,30 @@ header! {
     }
 }
 
+impl ContentType {
+    /// A constructor  to easily create a `Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8` header.
+    pub fn json() -> ContentType {
+        ContentType(mime!(Application/Json; Charset=Utf8))
+    }
+
+    /// A constructor  to easily create a `Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8` header.
+    pub fn plaintext() -> ContentType {
+        ContentType(mime!(Text/Plain; Charset=Utf8))
+    }
+
+    /// A constructor  to easily create a `Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8` header.
+    pub fn html() -> ContentType {
+        ContentType(mime!(Text/Html; Charset=Utf8))
+    }
+
+    /// A constructor  to easily create a `Content-Type: image/jpeg` header.
+    pub fn jpeg() -> ContentType {
+        ContentType(mime!(Image/Jpeg))
+    }
+
+    /// A constructor  to easily create a `Content-Type: image/png` header.
+    pub fn png() -> ContentType {
+        ContentType(mime!(Image/Png))
+    }
+}
 bench_header!(bench, ContentType, { vec![b"application/json; charset=utf-8".to_vec()] });

src/lib.rs

@@ -139,14 +139,16 @@ extern crate num_cpus;
 extern crate traitobject;
 extern crate typeable;
 
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate mime as mime_crate;
+
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
 
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "nightly"))]
 extern crate test;
 
 
-pub use mimewrapper::mime;
 pub use url::Url;
 pub use client::Client;
 pub use error::{Result, Error};
@@ -185,9 +187,9 @@ pub mod uri;
 pub mod version;
 
 
-mod mimewrapper {
-    /// Re-exporting the mime crate, for convenience.
-    extern crate mime;
+/// Re-exporting the mime crate, for convenience.
+pub mod mime {
+    pub use mime_crate::*;
 }
 
 #[allow(unconditional_recursion)]