org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods
Class DeleteMethod

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase
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        +--org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.DeleteMethod

All Implemented Interfaces:

HttpMethod

Direct Known Subclasses:

UrlDeleteMethod

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: 1.11.2.2 $

Author:

Remy Maucherat, B.C. Holmes, Jeff Dever

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

USER_AGENT

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

, addAuthorizationRequestHeader, addContentLengthRequestHeader, addCookieRequestHeader, addHostRequestHeader, addProxyAuthorizationRequestHeader, addProxyConnectionHeader, addRequestHeader, addRequestHeader, addRequestHeaders, addResponseFooter, addUserAgentRequestHeader, checkNotUsed, checkUsed, execute, fakeResponse, generateRequestLine, getAuthenticationRealm, getContentCharSet, getDoAuthentication, getFollowRedirects, getHostConfiguration, getMethodRetryHandler, getPath, getProxyAuthenticationRealm, getQueryString, getRecoverableExceptionCount, getRequestCharSet, getRequestContentLength, getRequestHeader, getRequestHeaderGroup, getRequestHeaders, getResponseBody, getResponseBodyAsStream, getResponseBodyAsString, getResponseCharSet, getResponseContentLength, getResponseFooter, getResponseFooters, getResponseHeader, getResponseHeaderGroup, getResponseHeaders, getResponseStream, getResponseTrailerHeaderGroup, getStatusCode, getStatusLine, getStatusText, getURI, hasBeenUsed, isConnectionCloseForced, isHttp11, isStrictMode, processResponseBody, processResponseHeaders, processStatusLine, readResponse, readResponseBody, readResponseHeaders, readStatusLine, recycle, releaseConnection, removeRequestHeader, responseBodyConsumed, setConnectionCloseForced, setDoAuthentication, setFollowRedirects, setHostConfiguration, setHttp11, setMethodRetryHandler, setPath, setQueryString, setQueryString, setRequestHeader, setRequestHeader, setResponseStream, setStrictMode, 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".

Overrides:

getName in class HttpMethodBase

Returns:

"DELETE"

Since:

2.0