Package org.apache.http.client.methods

Class HttpDelete

java.lang.Object

org.apache.http.message.AbstractHttpMessage

org.apache.http.client.methods.AbstractExecutionAwareRequest

org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase

org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpDelete

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, AbortableHttpRequest, Configurable, HttpExecutionAware, HttpUriRequest, HttpMessage, HttpRequest

public class HttpDelete
extends HttpRequestBase

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. [...] The client cannot be guaranteed that the operation has been carried out, even if the status code returned from the origin server indicates that the action has been completed successfully.

Since:

4.0

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	METHOD_NAME

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HttpDelete()
HttpDelete(String uri)
HttpDelete(URI uri)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getMethod()	Returns the HTTP method this request uses, such as GET, PUT, POST, or other.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase

getConfig, getProtocolVersion, getRequestLine, getURI, releaseConnection, setConfig, setProtocolVersion, setURI, started, toString

Methods inherited from class org.apache.http.client.methods.AbstractExecutionAwareRequest

abort, clone, completed, isAborted, reset, setCancellable, setConnectionRequest, setReleaseTrigger

Methods inherited from class org.apache.http.message.AbstractHttpMessage

addHeader, addHeader, containsHeader, getAllHeaders, getFirstHeader, getHeaders, getLastHeader, getParams, headerIterator, headerIterator, removeHeader, removeHeaders, setHeader, setHeader, setHeaders, setParams

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.http.HttpMessage

addHeader, addHeader, containsHeader, getAllHeaders, getFirstHeader, getHeaders, getLastHeader, getParams, headerIterator, headerIterator, removeHeader, removeHeaders, setHeader, setHeader, setHeaders, setParams

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest

abort, isAborted

Field Details

METHOD_NAME

public static final String METHOD_NAME

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

HttpDelete

public HttpDelete()

HttpDelete

public HttpDelete(URI uri)

HttpDelete

public HttpDelete(String uri)

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the uri is invalid.

Method Details

getMethod

public String getMethod()

Description copied from interface: HttpUriRequest

Returns the HTTP method this request uses, such as GET, PUT, POST, or other.

Specified by:

getMethod in interface HttpUriRequest

Specified by:

getMethod in class HttpRequestBase