Index: jersey-client/src/main/java/com/sun/jersey/api/client/ClientResponse.java
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--- jersey-client/src/main/java/com/sun/jersey/api/client/ClientResponse.java	(revision 2130)
+++ jersey-client/src/main/java/com/sun/jersey/api/client/ClientResponse.java	Mon Mar 23 20:35:25 MDT 2009
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.EntityTag;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
@@ -152,13 +153,41 @@
      * Get the HTTP headers of the response.
      * 
      * @return the HTTP headers of the response.
+     * @deprecated
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public MultivaluedMap<String, String> getMetadata() {
         return headers;
     }
 
     /**
+     * Get the HTTP headers of the response.
-     * 
+     *
+     * @return the HTTP headers of the response.
+     */
+    public MultivaluedMap<String, String> getHeaders() {
+        return headers;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the allowed HTTP methods.
+     *
+     * @return the HTTP allowed methods.
+     */
+    public List<String> getAllow() {
+        List<String> allowedMethods = new ArrayList<String>();
+        String allow = headers.getFirst("Allow");
+        if (allow != null) {
+            StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(allow, ",");
+            while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
+                allowedMethods.add(tokenizer.nextToken());
+            }
+        }
+        return allowedMethods;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 
      * @return true if there is an entity present in the response.
      */
     public boolean hasEntity() {