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package org.apache.http.client.methods;

import java.net.URI;

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/**
 * HTTP DELETE method
 * <p>
 * The HTTP DELETE method is defined in section 9.7 of
 * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC2616</a>:
 * <blockquote>
 * 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.
 * </blockquote>
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public class HttpDelete extends HttpRequestBase {

    public final static String METHOD_NAME = "DELETE";


    public HttpDelete() {
        super();
    }

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

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

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

}