1 /*
2 * $Header: /home/jerenkrantz/tmp/commons/commons-convert/cvs/home/cvs/jakarta-commons//httpclient/src/java/org/apache/commons/httpclient/methods/PutMethod.java,v 1.26 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 /***
33 * Implements the HTTP PUT method.
34 * <p>
35 * The HTTP PUT method is defined in section 9.6 of
36 * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC2616</a>:
37 * <blockquote>
38 * The PUT method requests that the enclosed entity be stored under the
39 * supplied Request-URI. If the Request-URI refers to an already
40 * existing resource, the enclosed entity SHOULD be considered as a
41 * modified version of the one residing on the origin server.
42 * </blockquote>
43 * </p>
44 *
45 * @author <a href="mailto:remm@apache.org">Remy Maucherat</a>
46 * @author <a href="mailto:mbowler@GargoyleSoftware.com">Mike Bowler</a>
47 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg@ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
48 * @author <a href="mailto:jsdever@apache.org">Jeff Dever</a>
49 *
50 * @version $Revision: 155418 $
51 * @since 1.0
52 */
53 public class PutMethod extends EntityEnclosingMethod {
54
55 // ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors
56
57 /***
58 * No-arg constructor.
59 *
60 * @since 1.0
61 */
62 public PutMethod() {
63 super();
64 }
65
66
67 /***
68 * Constructor specifying a URI.
69 *
70 * @param uri either an absolute or relative URI
71 *
72 * @since 1.0
73 */
74 public PutMethod(String uri) {
75 super(uri);
76 }
77
78 // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods
79
80 /***
81 * Return <tt>"PUT"</tt>.
82 * @return <tt>"PUT"</tt>
83 *
84 * @since 2.0
85 */
86 public String getName() {
87 return "PUT";
88 }
89 }