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package org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase;
/**
* Implements the HTTP DELETE method.
* <p>
* The HTTP DELETE method is defined in section 9.7 of
* <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC2616</a>:
* <blockquote>
* 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.
* </blockquote>
* </p>
*
* @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Remy Maucherat</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">B.C. Holmes</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Jeff Dever</a>
*
* @version $Revision: 1.11.2.2 $
* @since 1.0
*/
public class DeleteMethod
extends HttpMethodBase {
// ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors
/**
* No-arg constructor.
*
* @since 1.0
*/
public DeleteMethod() {
}
/**
* Constructor specifying a URI.
*
* @param uri either an absolute or relative URI
*
* @since 1.0
*/
public DeleteMethod(String uri) {
super(uri);
}
// ----------------------------------------------------- HttpMethod Methods
/**
* Returns <tt>"DELETE"</tt>.
* @return <tt>"DELETE"</tt>
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public String getName() {
return "DELETE";
}
}
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