org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods

Class TraceMethod

Implemented Interfaces:
HttpMethod

public class TraceMethod
extends HttpMethodBase

Implements the HTTP TRACE method.

The HTTP TRACE method is defined in section 9.6 of RFC2616:

The TRACE method is used to invoke a remote, application-layer loop- back of the request message. The final recipient of the request SHOULD reflect the message received back to the client as the entity-body of a 200 (OK) response. The final recipient is either the origin server or the first proxy or gateway to receive a Max-Forwards value of zero (0) in the request (see section 14.31). A TRACE request MUST NOT include an entity.
Version:
$Revision: 155418 $
Authors:
Sean C. Sullivan
Mike Bowler
Jeff Dever
Since:
2.0

Constructor Summary

TraceMethod(String uri)
Constructor specifying a URI.

Method Summary

String
getName()
Returns "TRACE".
void
recycle()
Deprecated. no longer supported and will be removed in the future version of HttpClient

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase

abort, addCookieRequestHeader, addHostRequestHeader, addProxyConnectionHeader, addRequestHeader, addRequestHeader, addRequestHeaders, addResponseFooter, addUserAgentRequestHeader, checkNotUsed, checkUsed, execute, generateRequestLine, getAuthenticationRealm, getContentCharSet, getDoAuthentication, getEffectiveVersion, getFollowRedirects, getHostAuthState, getHostConfiguration, getMethodRetryHandler, getName, getParams, getPath, getProxyAuthState, getProxyAuthenticationRealm, getQueryString, getRecoverableExceptionCount, getRequestCharSet, getRequestHeader, getRequestHeaderGroup, getRequestHeaders, getRequestHeaders, getResponseBody, getResponseBodyAsStream, getResponseBodyAsString, getResponseCharSet, getResponseContentLength, getResponseFooter, getResponseFooters, getResponseHeader, getResponseHeaderGroup, getResponseHeaders, getResponseHeaders, getResponseStream, getResponseTrailerHeaderGroup, getStatusCode, getStatusLine, getStatusText, getURI, hasBeenUsed, isAborted, isConnectionCloseForced, isHttp11, isRequestSent, isStrictMode, processResponseBody, processResponseHeaders, processStatusLine, readResponse, readResponseBody, readResponseHeaders, readStatusLine, recycle, releaseConnection, removeRequestHeader, removeRequestHeader, responseBodyConsumed, setConnectionCloseForced, setDoAuthentication, setFollowRedirects, setHostConfiguration, setHttp11, setMethodRetryHandler, setParams, setPath, setQueryString, setQueryString, setRequestHeader, setRequestHeader, setResponseStream, setStrictMode, setURI, shouldCloseConnection, validate, writeRequest, writeRequestBody, writeRequestHeaders, writeRequestLine

Constructor Details

TraceMethod

public TraceMethod(String uri)
Constructor specifying a URI.
Parameters:
uri - either an absolute or relative URI
Since:
2.0

Method Details

getName

public String getName()
Returns "TRACE".
Specified by:
getName in interface HttpMethod
Overrides:
getName in interface HttpMethodBase
Returns:
"TRACE"
Since:
2.0

recycle

public void recycle()

Deprecated. no longer supported and will be removed in the future version of HttpClient

Recycles the HTTP method so that it can be used again. Note that all of the instance variables will be reset once this method has been called. This method will also release the connection being used by this HTTP method.
Specified by:
recycle in interface HttpMethod
Overrides:
recycle in interface HttpMethodBase
Since:
2.0

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