From 8c3cc96a272d61514d5dc999aeaee2ebbfd1b5fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vinnie Falco <vinnie.falco@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 15:43:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add message::header_part()

---
 CHANGELOG.md                        |  1 +
 include/beast/http/impl/message.ipp |  3 +--
 include/beast/http/message.hpp      | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 36ce0255..ddaa6efd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Version 61:
 * Use generic_cateogry for errno
 * Reorganize SSL examples
 * Tidy up some integer conversion warnings
+* Add message::header_part()
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/include/beast/http/impl/message.ipp b/include/beast/http/impl/message.ipp
index 78b487e0..cd43a277 100644
--- a/include/beast/http/impl/message.ipp
+++ b/include/beast/http/impl/message.ipp
@@ -300,8 +300,7 @@ void
 message<isRequest, Body, Fields>::
 prepare()
 {
-    prepare(typename header<
-        isRequest, Fields>::is_request{});
+    prepare(typename header_type::is_request{});
 }
 
 template<bool isRequest, class Body, class Fields>
diff --git a/include/beast/http/message.hpp b/include/beast/http/message.hpp
index b751bcce..e9a1d028 100644
--- a/include/beast/http/message.hpp
+++ b/include/beast/http/message.hpp
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ struct header<false, Fields> : Fields
     */
     void
     reason(string_view s);
-   
+
 private:
 #if ! BEAST_DOXYGEN
     template<bool, class, class>
@@ -469,6 +469,20 @@ struct message : header<isRequest, Fields>
         std::tuple<BodyArgs...>&& body_args,
             std::tuple<HeaderArgs...>&& header_args);
 
+    /// Returns the header portion of the message
+    header_type const&
+    header_part() const
+    {
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the header portion of the message
+    header_type&
+    header_part()
+    {
+        return *this;
+    }
+
     /// Returns `true` if "close" is specified in the Connection field.
     bool
     has_close() const;