Java example source code file (HttpPost.java)

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The HttpPost.java example source code

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package org.apache.http.client.methods;

import java.net.URI;

import org.apache.http.annotation.NotThreadSafe;

/**
 * HTTP POST method.
 * <p>
 * The HTTP POST method is defined in section 9.5 of 
 * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC2616:
 * <blockquote>
 * 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:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Annotation of existing resources
 *   <li>Posting a message to a bulletin board, newsgroup, mailing list, or 
 *     similar group of articles</li>
 *   <li>Providing a block of data, such as the result of submitting a form,
 *     to a data-handling process</li>
 *   <li>Extending a database through an append operation
 * </ul>
 * </blockquote>
 * </p>
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
@NotThreadSafe
public class HttpPost extends HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase {

    public final static String METHOD_NAME = "POST";
    
    public HttpPost() {
        super();
    }
    
    public HttpPost(final URI uri) {
        super();
        setURI(uri);
    }
    
    /**
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the uri is invalid. 
     */
    public HttpPost(final String uri) {
        super();
        setURI(URI.create(uri));
    }

    @Override
    public String getMethod() {
        return METHOD_NAME;
    }
    
}