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    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: 480424 $
    4    * $Date: 2006-11-29 06:56:49 +0100 (Wed, 29 Nov 2006) $
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    30
    31  package org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods;
    32
    33  import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase;
    34
    35
    36  /**
    37   * Implements the HTTP DELETE method.
    38   * <p>
    39   * The HTTP DELETE method is defined in section 9.7 of
    40   * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC2616</a>:
    41   * <blockquote>
    42   * The DELETE method requests that the origin server delete the resource
    43   * identified by the Request-URI. This method MAY be overridden by human
    44   * intervention (or other means) on the origin server.
    45   * </blockquote>
    46   * </p>
    47   *
    48   * @author <a href="mailto:remm@apache.org">Remy Maucherat</a>
    49   * @author <a href="mailto:bcholmes@apache.org">B.C. Holmes</a>
    50   * @author <a href="mailto:jsdever@apache.org">Jeff Dever</a>
    51   *
    52   * @version $Revision: 480424 $
    53   * @since 1.0
    54   */
    55  public class DeleteMethod
    56      extends HttpMethodBase {
    57
    58
    59      // ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors
    60
    61
    62      /**
    63       * No-arg constructor.
    64       *
    65       * @since 1.0
    66       */
    67      public DeleteMethod() {
    68      }
    69
    70
    71      /**
    72       * Constructor specifying a URI.
    73       *
    74       * @param uri either an absolute or relative URI
    75       *
    76       * @since 1.0
    77       */
    78      public DeleteMethod(String uri) {
    79          super(uri);
    80      }
    81
    82
    83      // ----------------------------------------------------- HttpMethod Methods
    84
    85      /**
    86       * Returns <tt>"DELETE"</tt>.
    87       * @return <tt>"DELETE"</tt>
    88       *
    89       * @since 2.0
    90       */
    91      public String getName() {
    92          return "DELETE";
    93      }
    94
    95
    96  }