Package nl.colorize.util.http

Enum Class Method

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<Method>

nl.colorize.util.http.Method

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Method>, Constable

public enum Method
extends Enum<Method>

HTTP request methods, as defined by the HTTP/1.1 standard. Refer to RFC 7231 for more information.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
CONNECT
DELETE
GET
HEAD
OPTIONS
POST
PUT
TRACE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	hasRequestBody()	If true, HTTP requests using this method will send request parameters as part of the request body.
boolean	isResponseHeadersOnly()	If true, HTTP requests using this method should only download the response headers, not the response body.
boolean	isSafe()	Indicates that this request method is "safe" and intended for information retrieval without changing the state of the server.
static Method	parse(String methodName)	Returns the Method instance corresponding to the HTTP request method with the specified name.
static Method	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static Method[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

GET

public static final Method GET

HEAD

public static final Method HEAD

POST

public static final Method POST

PUT

public static final Method PUT

DELETE

public static final Method DELETE

CONNECT

public static final Method CONNECT

OPTIONS

public static final Method OPTIONS

TRACE

public static final Method TRACE

Method Details

values

public static Method[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static Method valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

hasRequestBody

public boolean hasRequestBody()

If true, HTTP requests using this method will send request parameters as part of the request body. Note that the specification does not forbid a request body to be present, but some web servers will ignore the request body if it's not "supposed" to be there.

isResponseHeadersOnly

public boolean isResponseHeadersOnly()

If true, HTTP requests using this method should only download the response headers, not the response body.

isSafe

public boolean isSafe()

Indicates that this request method is "safe" and intended for information retrieval without changing the state of the server.

parse

public static Method parse(String methodName)

Returns the Method instance corresponding to the HTTP request method with the specified name.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if there is no matching request method.

NullPointerException - if methodName is null.