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      1 /*
      2  * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/methods/HttpPost.java $
      3  * $Revision: 664505 $
      4  * $Date: 2008-06-08 06:21:20 -0700 (Sun, 08 Jun 2008) $
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     31 
     32 package org.apache.http.client.methods;
     33 
     34 import java.net.URI;
     35 
     36 /**
     37  * HTTP POST method.
     38  * <p>
     39  * The HTTP POST method is defined in section 9.5 of
     40  * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC2616</a>:
     41  * <blockquote>
     42  * The POST method is used to request that the origin server accept the entity
     43  * enclosed in the request as a new subordinate of the resource identified by
     44  * the Request-URI in the Request-Line. POST is designed to allow a uniform
     45  * method to cover the following functions:
     46  * <ul>
     47  *   <li>Annotation of existing resources</li>
     48  *   <li>Posting a message to a bulletin board, newsgroup, mailing list, or
     49  *     similar group of articles</li>
     50  *   <li>Providing a block of data, such as the result of submitting a form,
     51  *     to a data-handling process</li>
     52  *   <li>Extending a database through an append operation</li>
     53  * </ul>
     54  * </blockquote>
     55  * </p>
     56  *
     57  * @version $Revision: 664505 $
     58  *
     59  * @since 4.0
     60  */
     61 public class HttpPost extends HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase {
     62 
     63     public final static String METHOD_NAME = "POST";
     64 
     65     public HttpPost() {
     66         super();
     67     }
     68 
     69     public HttpPost(final URI uri) {
     70         super();
     71         setURI(uri);
     72     }
     73 
     74     /**
     75      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the uri is invalid.
     76      */
     77     public HttpPost(final String uri) {
     78         super();
     79         setURI(URI.create(uri));
     80     }
     81 
     82     @Override
     83     public String getMethod() {
     84         return METHOD_NAME;
     85     }
     86 
     87 }
     88