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027
028package org.apache.http.client.methods;
029
030import java.net.URI;
031
032/**
033 * HTTP DELETE method
034 * <p>
035 * The HTTP DELETE method is defined in section 9.7 of
036 * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC2616</a>:
037 * <blockquote>
038 * The DELETE method requests that the origin server delete the resource
039 * identified by the Request-URI. [...] The client cannot
040 * be guaranteed that the operation has been carried out, even if the
041 * status code returned from the origin server indicates that the action
042 * has been completed successfully.
043 * </blockquote>
044 *
045 * @since 4.0
046 */
047public class HttpDelete extends HttpRequestBase {
048
049    public final static String METHOD_NAME = "DELETE";
050
051
052    public HttpDelete() {
053        super();
054    }
055
056    public HttpDelete(final URI uri) {
057        super();
058        setURI(uri);
059    }
060
061    /**
062     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the uri is invalid.
063     */
064    public HttpDelete(final String uri) {
065        super();
066        setURI(URI.create(uri));
067    }
068
069    @Override
070    public String getMethod() {
071        return METHOD_NAME;
072    }
073
074}