org.springframework.web.bind.annotation
Enum RequestMethod

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Enum<RequestMethod>
      extended by org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Comparable<RequestMethod>

public enum RequestMethod
extends Enum<RequestMethod>

Java 5 enumeration of HTTP request methods. Intended for use with the RequestMapping.method() attribute of the RequestMapping annotation.

Note that, by default, DispatcherServlet supports GET, HEAD, POST, PUT and DELETE only. DispatcherServlet will process TRACE and OPTIONS with the default HttpServlet behavior unless explicitly told to dispatch those request types as well: Check out the "dispatchOptionsRequest" and "dispatchTraceRequest" properties, switching them to "true" if necessary.

Since:
2.5
Author:
Juergen Hoeller
See Also:
RequestMapping, FrameworkServlet.setDispatchOptionsRequest(boolean), FrameworkServlet.setDispatchTraceRequest(boolean)

Enum Constant Summary
DELETE
           
GET
           
HEAD
           
OPTIONS
           
POST
           
PUT
           
TRACE
           
 
Method Summary
static RequestMethod valueOf(String name)
          Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static RequestMethod[] values()
          Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Enum Constant Detail

GET

public static final RequestMethod GET

HEAD

public static final RequestMethod HEAD

POST

public static final RequestMethod POST

PUT

public static final RequestMethod PUT

DELETE

public static final RequestMethod DELETE

OPTIONS

public static final RequestMethod OPTIONS

TRACE

public static final RequestMethod TRACE
Method Detail

values

public static RequestMethod[] values()
Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:
for (RequestMethod c : RequestMethod.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:
an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static RequestMethod valueOf(String name)
Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:
name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
Returns:
the enum constant with the specified name
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
NullPointerException - if the argument is null