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+package LWP::Protocol::data;
+
+# Implements access to data:-URLs as specified in RFC 2397
+
+use strict;
+use vars qw(@ISA);
+
+require HTTP::Response;
+require HTTP::Status;
+
+require LWP::Protocol;
+@ISA = qw(LWP::Protocol);
+
+use HTTP::Date qw(time2str);
+require LWP;  # needs version number
+
+sub request
+{
+    my($self, $request, $proxy, $arg, $size) = @_;
+
+    # check proxy
+    if (defined $proxy)
+    {
+	return new HTTP::Response &HTTP::Status::RC_BAD_REQUEST,
+				  'You can not proxy with data';
+    }
+
+    # check method
+    my $method = $request->method;
+    unless ($method eq 'GET' || $method eq 'HEAD') {
+	return new HTTP::Response &HTTP::Status::RC_BAD_REQUEST,
+				  'Library does not allow method ' .
+				  "$method for 'data:' URLs";
+    }
+
+    my $url = $request->uri;
+    my $response = new HTTP::Response &HTTP::Status::RC_OK, "Document follows";
+
+    my $media_type = $url->media_type;
+
+    my $data = $url->data;
+    $response->header('Content-Type'   => $media_type,
+		      'Content-Length' => length($data),
+		      'Date'           => time2str(time),
+		      'Server'         => "libwww-perl-internal/$LWP::VERSION"
+		     );
+    $response->content($data) if $method ne "HEAD";
+
+    return $response;
+}
+
+1;