org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods

Class TraceMethod

public class TraceMethod extends HttpMethodBase

Implements the HTTP TRACE method.

The HTTP TRACE method is defined in section 9.6 of RFC2616:

The TRACE method is used to invoke a remote, application-layer loop- back of the request message. The final recipient of the request SHOULD reflect the message received back to the client as the entity-body of a 200 (OK) response. The final recipient is either the origin server or the first proxy or gateway to receive a Max-Forwards value of zero (0) in the request (see section 14.31). A TRACE request MUST NOT include an entity.

Since: 2.0

Version: $Revision: 480424 $

Author: Sean C. Sullivan Mike Bowler Jeff Dever

Constructor Summary
TraceMethod(String uri)
Constructor specifying a URI.
Method Summary
StringgetName()
Returns "TRACE".
voidrecycle()
Recycles the HTTP method so that it can be used again.

Constructor Detail

TraceMethod

public TraceMethod(String uri)
Constructor specifying a URI.

Parameters: uri either an absolute or relative URI

Since: 2.0

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()
Returns "TRACE".

Returns: "TRACE"

Since: 2.0

recycle

public void recycle()

Deprecated: no longer supported and will be removed in the future version of HttpClient

Recycles the HTTP method so that it can be used again. Note that all of the instance variables will be reset once this method has been called. This method will also release the connection being used by this HTTP method.

Since: 2.0

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