Package org.springframework.http

Interface HttpRequest

All Superinterfaces:

HttpMessage

All Known Subinterfaces:

ClientHttpRequest, ServerHttpRequest, ServerHttpRequest

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractClientHttpRequest, AbstractServerHttpRequest, HttpRequestWrapper, MockClientHttpRequest, MockServerHttpRequest, RequestPartServletServerHttpRequest, ServerHttpRequestDecorator, ServletServerHttpRequest

public interface HttpRequest
extends HttpMessage

Represents an HTTP request message, consisting of a method and a URI.

Since:

3.1

Author:

Arjen Poutsma

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
HttpMethod	getMethod()	Return the HTTP method of the request.
String	getMethodValue()	Deprecated. as of Spring Framework 6.0 in favor of getMethod() and HttpMethod.name()
URI	getURI()	Return the URI of the request (including a query string if any, but only if it is well-formed for a URI representation).

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.http.HttpMessage

getHeaders

Method Details

getMethod

HttpMethod getMethod()

Return the HTTP method of the request.

Returns:

the HTTP method as an HttpMethod value

See Also:

• HttpMethod.valueOf(String)

getMethodValue

@Deprecated(since="6.0")
String getMethodValue()

Deprecated.

as of Spring Framework 6.0 in favor of getMethod() and HttpMethod.name()

Return the HTTP method of the request as a String value.

Returns:

the HTTP method as a plain String

Since:

5.0

See Also:

• getMethod()

getURI

URI getURI()

Return the URI of the request (including a query string if any, but only if it is well-formed for a URI representation).

Returns:

the URI of the request (never null)