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The RabbitMQ Java client library allows Java applications to interface with RabbitMQ.

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package com.rabbitmq.client;

/**
 * Public API for abstract AMQP content header objects.
 */

public interface ContentHeader extends Cloneable {
    /**
     * Retrieve the class ID (see the spec for a list of allowable IDs).
     * @return class ID of this ContentHeader. Properly an unsigned short, i.e. only the lowest 16 bits are significant
     */
    public abstract int getClassId();

    /**
     * Retrieve the class name, eg "basic" (see the spec for a list of these).
     * @return class name of this ContentHeader
     */
    public abstract String getClassName();

    /**
     * A debugging utility - enable properties to be appended to a string buffer for use as trace messages.
     * @param buffer a place to append the properties as a string
     */
    public void appendPropertyDebugStringTo(StringBuffer buffer);
}