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package org.apache.http.client.methods;
import java.net.URI;
/**
* HTTP POST method.
* <p>
* The HTTP POST method is defined in section 9.5 of
* <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC2616</a>:
* <blockquote>
* The POST method is used to request that the origin server accept the entity
* enclosed in the request as a new subordinate of the resource identified by
* the Request-URI in the Request-Line. POST is designed to allow a uniform
* method to cover the following functions:
* <ul>
* <li>Annotation of existing resources</li>
* <li>Posting a message to a bulletin board, newsgroup, mailing list, or
* similar group of articles</li>
* <li>Providing a block of data, such as the result of submitting a form,
* to a data-handling process</li>
* <li>Extending a database through an append operation</li>
* </ul>
* </blockquote>
* </p>
*
* @version $Revision: 664505 $
*
* @since 4.0
*/
public class HttpPost extends HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase {
public final static String METHOD_NAME = "POST";
public HttpPost() {
super();
}
public HttpPost(final URI uri) {
super();
setURI(uri);
}
/**
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the uri is invalid.
*/
public HttpPost(final String uri) {
super();
setURI(URI.create(uri));
}
@Override
public String getMethod() {
return METHOD_NAME;
}
}