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027
028package org.apache.http.client.methods;
029
030import java.net.URI;
031
032/**
033 * HTTP POST method.
034 * <p>
035 * The HTTP POST method is defined in section 9.5 of
036 * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC2616</a>:
037 * </p>
038 * <blockquote>
039 * The POST method is used to request that the origin server accept the entity
040 * enclosed in the request as a new subordinate of the resource identified by
041 * the Request-URI in the Request-Line. POST is designed to allow a uniform
042 * method to cover the following functions:
043 * <ul>
044 *   <li>Annotation of existing resources</li>
045 *   <li>Posting a message to a bulletin board, newsgroup, mailing list, or
046 *     similar group of articles</li>
047 *   <li>Providing a block of data, such as the result of submitting a form,
048 *     to a data-handling process</li>
049 *   <li>Extending a database through an append operation</li>
050 * </ul>
051 * </blockquote>
052 *
053 * @since 4.0
054 */
055public class HttpPost extends HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase {
056
057    public final static String METHOD_NAME = "POST";
058
059    public HttpPost() {
060        super();
061    }
062
063    public HttpPost(final URI uri) {
064        super();
065        setURI(uri);
066    }
067
068    /**
069     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the uri is invalid.
070     */
071    public HttpPost(final String uri) {
072        super();
073        setURI(URI.create(uri));
074    }
075
076    @Override
077    public String getMethod() {
078        return METHOD_NAME;
079    }
080
081}