org.loom.servlet
Enum HttpMethod

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<HttpMethod>
      org.loom.servlet.HttpMethod

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<HttpMethod>

public enum HttpMethod
extends java.lang.Enum<HttpMethod>

The list of valid HTTP methods. Note that the default method used by the browser can be overiden in a POST request by specifying a _method POST parameter. For more information, see http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html Neither TRACE or CONNECT have been included.

Enum Constant Summary

DELETE
DELETE is a data delete operation.

GET
GET is an idempotent action usually associated with data retrieval.

HEAD
HEAD is like GET, but should only return http headers with no body.

OPTIONS
OPTIONS is a header that offers a list of available HTTP methods.

POST
POST is a write operation usually associated with data insertions.

PUT
PUT is a write operation usually associated with data updates.

Method Summary

static HttpMethod	valueOf(java.lang.String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static HttpMethod[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

GET

public static final HttpMethod GET

GET is an idempotent action usually associated with data retrieval.

HEAD

public static final HttpMethod HEAD

HEAD is like GET, but should only return http headers with no body.

POST

public static final HttpMethod POST

POST is a write operation usually associated with data insertions.

PUT

public static final HttpMethod PUT

PUT is a write operation usually associated with data updates.

DELETE

public static final HttpMethod DELETE

DELETE is a data delete operation.

OPTIONS

public static final HttpMethod OPTIONS

OPTIONS is a header that offers a list of available HTTP methods. Its use is very rare.

Method Detail

values

public static HttpMethod[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (HttpMethod c : HttpMethod.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static HttpMethod valueOf(java.lang.String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (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:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null