org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods

Class DeleteMethod

Implemented Interfaces:
HttpMethod

public class DeleteMethod
extends HttpMethodBase

Implements the HTTP DELETE method.

The HTTP DELETE method is defined in section 9.7 of RFC2616:

The DELETE method requests that the origin server delete the resource identified by the Request-URI. This method MAY be overridden by human intervention (or other means) on the origin server.
Version:
$Revision: 155418 $
Authors:
Remy Maucherat
B.C. Holmes
Jeff Dever
Since:
1.0

Constructor Summary

DeleteMethod()
No-arg constructor.
DeleteMethod(String uri)
Constructor specifying a URI.

Method Summary

String
getName()
Returns "DELETE".

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

DeleteMethod

public DeleteMethod()
No-arg constructor.
Since:
1.0

DeleteMethod

public DeleteMethod(String uri)
Constructor specifying a URI.
Parameters:
uri - either an absolute or relative URI
Since:
1.0

Method Details

getName

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

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