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# File webrick/httprequest.rb, line 77
def parse(socket=nil)
  @socket = socket
  begin
    @peeraddr = socket.respond_to?(:peeraddr) ? socket.peeraddr : []
    @addr = socket.respond_to?(:addr) ? socket.addr : []
  rescue Errno::ENOTCONN
    raise HTTPStatus::EOFError
  end

  read_request_line(socket)
  if @http_version.major > 0
    read_header(socket)
    @header['cookie'].each{|cookie|
      @cookies += Cookie::parse(cookie)
    }
    @accept = HTTPUtils.parse_qvalues(self['accept'])
    @accept_charset = HTTPUtils.parse_qvalues(self['accept-charset'])
    @accept_encoding = HTTPUtils.parse_qvalues(self['accept-encoding'])
    @accept_language = HTTPUtils.parse_qvalues(self['accept-language'])
  end
  return if @request_method == "CONNECT"
  return if @unparsed_uri == "*"

  begin
    @request_uri = parse_uri(@unparsed_uri)
    @path = HTTPUtils::unescape(@request_uri.path)
    @path = HTTPUtils::normalize_path(@path)
    @host = @request_uri.host
    @port = @request_uri.port
    @query_string = @request_uri.query
    @script_name = ""
    @path_info = @path.dup
  rescue
    raise HTTPStatus::BadRequest, "bad URI `#{@unparsed_uri}'."
  end

  if /close/io =~ self["connection"]
    @keep_alive = false
  elsif /keep-alive/io =~ self["connection"]
    @keep_alive = true
  elsif @http_version < "1.1"
    @keep_alive = false
  else
    @keep_alive = true
  end
end