org.apache.http.client.methods: public class: HttpPost

org.apache.http.client.methods
public class: HttpPost [javadoc | source]

java.lang.Object
   org.apache.http.message.AbstractHttpMessage
      org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase
         org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase
            org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost

All Implemented Interfaces:
org.apache.http.HttpEntityEnclosingRequest, HttpUriRequest, Cloneable, AbortableHttpRequest

HTTP POST method.

The HTTP POST method is defined in section 9.5 of RFC2616:

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:

Annotation of existing resources

Posting a message to a bulletin board, newsgroup, mailing list, or similar group of articles

Providing a block of data, such as the result of submitting a form, to a data-handling process

Extending a database through an append operation

since: 4.0 -

Field Summary
public static final String	METHOD_NAME

Constructor:

Constructor:
public HttpPost() { super(); }
public HttpPost(URI uri) { super(); setURI(uri); }
public HttpPost(String uri) { super(); setURI(URI.create(uri)); } Throws: `IllegalArgumentException` - if the uri is invalid.

 public HttpPost() {
        super();
}

 public HttpPost(URI uri) {
        super();
        setURI(uri);
}

 public HttpPost(String uri) {
        super();
        setURI(URI.create(uri));
}

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the uri is invalid.

Method from org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost Summary:
getMethod

Methods from org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase:
clone, expectContinue, getEntity, setEntity

Methods from org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase:
abort, clone, getMethod, getProtocolVersion, getRequestLine, getURI, isAborted, setConnectionRequest, setReleaseTrigger, setURI

Methods from java.lang.Object:
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method from org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost Detail:
public String getMethod() { return METHOD_NAME; }