org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods
Class DeleteMethod

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase
      extended by org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.DeleteMethod
All 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.

Since:
1.0
Version:
$Revision: 155418 $
Author:
Remy Maucherat, B.C. Holmes, Jeff Dever

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, addRequestHeader, addRequestHeaders, addResponseFooter, addUserAgentRequestHeader, checkNotUsed, checkUsed, execute, generateRequestLine, getContentCharSet, getDoAuthentication, getEffectiveVersion, getFollowRedirects, getHostAuthState, getParams, getPath, getProxyAuthState, getQueryString, 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, isRequestSent, processResponseBody, processResponseHeaders, processStatusLine, readResponse, readResponseBody, readResponseHeaders, readStatusLine, releaseConnection, removeRequestHeader, removeRequestHeader, responseBodyConsumed, setConnectionCloseForced, setDoAuthentication, setFilters, setFollowRedirects, setLogWire, setParams, setPath, setQueryString, setQueryString, setRequestHeader, setRequestHeader, setResponseStream, setURI, shouldCloseConnection, validate, writeRequest, writeRequestBody, writeRequestHeaders, writeRequestLine
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

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 Detail

getName

public String getName()
Returns "DELETE".

Specified by:
getName in interface HttpMethod
Specified by:
getName in class HttpMethodBase
Returns:
"DELETE"
Since:
2.0


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