1 /*
2 * $Header: /home/jerenkrantz/tmp/commons/commons-convert/cvs/home/cvs/jakarta-commons//httpclient/src/java/org/apache/commons/httpclient/methods/DeleteMethod.java,v 1.14 2004/04/18 23:51:37 jsdever Exp $
3 * $Revision: 155418 $
4 * $Date: 2005-02-26 08:01:52 -0500 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $
5 *
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28 */
29
30 package org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods;
31
32 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase;
33
34
35 /***
36 * Implements the HTTP DELETE method.
37 * <p>
38 * The HTTP DELETE method is defined in section 9.7 of
39 * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC2616</a>:
40 * <blockquote>
41 * The DELETE method requests that the origin server delete the resource
42 * identified by the Request-URI. This method MAY be overridden by human
43 * intervention (or other means) on the origin server.
44 * </blockquote>
45 * </p>
46 *
47 * @author <a href="mailto:remm@apache.org">Remy Maucherat</a>
48 * @author <a href="mailto:bcholmes@apache.org">B.C. Holmes</a>
49 * @author <a href="mailto:jsdever@apache.org">Jeff Dever</a>
50 *
51 * @version $Revision: 155418 $
52 * @since 1.0
53 */
54 public class DeleteMethod
55 extends HttpMethodBase {
56
57
58 // ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors
59
60
61 /***
62 * No-arg constructor.
63 *
64 * @since 1.0
65 */
66 public DeleteMethod() {
67 }
68
69
70 /***
71 * Constructor specifying a URI.
72 *
73 * @param uri either an absolute or relative URI
74 *
75 * @since 1.0
76 */
77 public DeleteMethod(String uri) {
78 super(uri);
79 }
80
81
82 // ----------------------------------------------------- HttpMethod Methods
83
84 /***
85 * Returns <tt>"DELETE"</tt>.
86 * @return <tt>"DELETE"</tt>
87 *
88 * @since 2.0
89 */
90 public String getName() {
91 return "DELETE";
92 }
93
94
95 }