org.apache.http.client.methods
Class HttpDelete

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.http.message.AbstractHttpMessage
      org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase
          org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpDelete

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, AbortableHttpRequest, HttpUriRequest, HttpMessage, HttpRequest

@NotThreadSafe
public class HttpDelete
extends HttpRequestBase

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. [...] The client cannot be guaranteed that the operation has been carried out, even if the status code returned from the origin server indicates that the action has been completed successfully.

Since:

4.0

Field Summary

static String

METHOD_NAME

Fields inherited from class org.apache.http.message.AbstractHttpMessage

headergroup, params

Constructor Summary

HttpDelete()

HttpDelete(String uri)

HttpDelete(URI uri)

Method Summary

String

getMethod() Returns the HTTP method this request uses, such as GET, PUT, POST, or other.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase

abort, clone, getProtocolVersion, getRequestLine, getURI, isAborted, setConnectionRequest, setReleaseTrigger, setURI

Methods inherited from class org.apache.http.message.AbstractHttpMessage

addHeader, addHeader, containsHeader, getAllHeaders, getFirstHeader, getHeaders, getLastHeader, getParams, headerIterator, headerIterator, removeHeader, removeHeaders, setHeader, setHeader, setHeaders, setParams

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.http.HttpMessage

addHeader, addHeader, containsHeader, getAllHeaders, getFirstHeader, getHeaders, getLastHeader, getParams, headerIterator, headerIterator, removeHeader, removeHeaders, setHeader, setHeader, setHeaders, setParams

Field Detail

METHOD_NAME

public static final String METHOD_NAME

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

HttpDelete

public HttpDelete()

HttpDelete

public HttpDelete(URI uri)

HttpDelete

public HttpDelete(String uri)

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the uri is invalid.

Method Detail

getMethod

public String getMethod()

Description copied from interface: HttpUriRequest

Returns the HTTP method this request uses, such as GET, PUT, POST, or other.

Specified by:

getMethod in interface HttpUriRequest

Specified by:

getMethod in class HttpRequestBase