HttpPatch.java

/*
    Android Asynchronous Http Client
    Copyright (c) 2011 James Smith <james@loopj.com>
    http://loopj.com

    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at

        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/

package com.loopj.android.http;

import java.net.URI;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase;

/**
 * The current Android (API level 21) bundled version of the Apache Http Client does not implement
 * the HTTP PATCH method. Until the Android version is updated this can serve in it's stead. 
 * This implementation can and should go away when the official solution arrives.
 */
public final class HttpPatch extends HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase {
	
    public final static String METHOD_NAME = "PATCH";

    public HttpPatch() {
        super();
    }

    public HttpPatch(final URI uri) {
        super();
        setURI(uri);
    }

    /**
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the uri is invalid.
    */
    public HttpPatch(final String uri) {
            super();
            setURI(URI.create(uri));
    }

    @Override
    public String getMethod() {
        return METHOD_NAME;
    }
}