in src/main/java/com/twitter/whiskey/net/SpdyCodecUtil.java [319:344]
static void validateHeaderName(CharSequence name) {
if (name == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("name");
}
if (name.length() == 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"name cannot be length zero");
}
// Since name may only contain ascii characters, for valid names
// name.length() returns the number of bytes when UTF-8 encoded.
if (name.length() > SPDY_MAX_NV_LENGTH) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"name exceeds allowable length: " + name);
}
for (int i = 0; i < name.length(); i ++) {
char c = name.charAt(i);
if (c == 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"name contains null character: " + name);
}
if (c > 127) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"name contains non-ascii character: " + name);
}
}
}