org.apache.http.client.methods
Class HttpHead

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, AbortableHttpRequest, HttpUriRequest, HttpMessage, HttpRequest

@NotThreadSafe
public class HttpHead
extends HttpRequestBase

HTTP HEAD method.

The HTTP HEAD method is defined in section 9.4 of RFC2616:

The HEAD method is identical to GET except that the server MUST NOT return a message-body in the response. The metainformation contained in the HTTP headers in response to a HEAD request SHOULD be identical to the information sent in response to a GET request. This method can be used for obtaining metainformation about the entity implied by the request without transferring the entity-body itself. This method is often used for testing hypertext links for validity, accessibility, and recent modification.

Since:

4.0

Field Summary

static String

METHOD_NAME

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

headergroup, params

Constructor Summary

HttpHead()

HttpHead(String uri)

HttpHead(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

HttpHead

public HttpHead()

HttpHead

public HttpHead(URI uri)

HttpHead

public HttpHead(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