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package org.springframework.http;

import java.net.URI;

import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

Represents an HTTP request message, consisting of method and uri. 
Author:
Arjen Poutsma
Since:
3.1/**
 * Represents an HTTP request message, consisting of
 * {@linkplain #getMethod() method} and {@linkplain #getURI() uri}.
 *
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
 * @since 3.1
 */
public interface HttpRequest extends HttpMessage {

	
Return the HTTP method of the request.
See Also:
getMethodValue()
HttpMethod.resolve(String)
Returns:
the HTTP method as an HttpMethod enum value, or null if not resolvable (e.g. in case of a non-standard HTTP method)/**
	 * Return the HTTP method of the request.
	 * @return the HTTP method as an HttpMethod enum value, or {@code null}
	 * if not resolvable (e.g. in case of a non-standard HTTP method)
	 * @see #getMethodValue()
	 * @see HttpMethod#resolve(String)
	 */
	@Nullable
	default HttpMethod getMethod() {
		return HttpMethod.resolve(getMethodValue());
	}

	
Return the HTTP method of the request as a String value.
See Also:
getMethod()
Returns:
the HTTP method as a plain String
Since:
5.0/**
	 * Return the HTTP method of the request as a String value.
	 * @return the HTTP method as a plain String
	 * @since 5.0
	 * @see #getMethod()
	 */
	String getMethodValue();

	
Return the URI of the request (including a query string if any,
but only if it is well-formed for a URI representation).
Returns:
the URI of the request (never null)/**
	 * Return the URI of the request (including a query string if any,
	 * but only if it is well-formed for a URI representation).
	 * @return the URI of the request (never {@code null})
	 */
	URI getURI();

}