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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
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16  package org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http;
17  
18  import java.util.HashMap;
19  import java.util.Map;
20  
21  /**
22   * The request method of HTTP or its derived protocols, such as
23   * <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Streaming_Protocol">RTSP</a> and
24   * <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Content_Adaptation_Protocol">ICAP</a>.
25   * @apiviz.exclude
26   */
27  public class HttpMethod implements Comparable<HttpMethod> {
28      /**
29       * The OPTIONS method represents a request for information about the communication options
30       * available on the request/response chain identified by the Request-URI. This method allows
31       * the client to determine the options and/or requirements associated with a resource, or the
32       * capabilities of a server, without implying a resource action or initiating a resource
33       * retrieval.
34       */
35      public static final HttpMethod OPTIONS = new HttpMethod("OPTIONS");
36  
37      /**
38       * The GET method means retrieve whatever information (in the form of an entity) is identified
39       * by the Request-URI.  If the Request-URI refers to a data-producing process, it is the
40       * produced data which shall be returned as the entity in the response and not the source text
41       * of the process, unless that text happens to be the output of the process.
42       */
43      public static final HttpMethod GET = new HttpMethod("GET");
44  
45      /**
46       * The HEAD method is identical to GET except that the server MUST NOT return a message-body in
47       * the response.
48       */
49      public static final HttpMethod HEAD = new HttpMethod("HEAD");
50  
51      /**
52       * The POST method is used to request that the origin server accept the entity enclosed in the
53       * request as a new subordinate of the resource identified by the Request-URI in the
54       * Request-Line.
55       */
56      public static final HttpMethod POST = new HttpMethod("POST");
57  
58      /**
59       * The PUT method requests that the enclosed entity be stored under the supplied Request-URI.
60       */
61      public static final HttpMethod PUT = new HttpMethod("PUT");
62  
63      /**
64       * The PATCH method requests that a set of changes described in the
65       * request entity be applied to the resource identified by the Request-URI.
66       */
67      public static final HttpMethod PATCH = new HttpMethod("PATCH");
68  
69      /**
70       * The DELETE method requests that the origin server delete the resource identified by the
71       * Request-URI.
72       */
73      public static final HttpMethod DELETE = new HttpMethod("DELETE");
74  
75      /**
76       * The TRACE method is used to invoke a remote, application-layer loop- back of the request
77       * message.
78       */
79      public static final HttpMethod TRACE = new HttpMethod("TRACE");
80  
81      /**
82       * This specification reserves the method name CONNECT for use with a proxy that can
83       * dynamically switch to being a tunnel
84       */
85      public static final HttpMethod CONNECT = new HttpMethod("CONNECT");
86  
87      private static final Map<String, HttpMethod> methodMap =
88              new HashMap<String, HttpMethod>();
89  
90      static {
91          methodMap.put(OPTIONS.toString(), OPTIONS);
92          methodMap.put(GET.toString(), GET);
93          methodMap.put(HEAD.toString(), HEAD);
94          methodMap.put(POST.toString(), POST);
95          methodMap.put(PUT.toString(), PUT);
96          methodMap.put(PATCH.toString(), PATCH);
97          methodMap.put(DELETE.toString(), DELETE);
98          methodMap.put(TRACE.toString(), TRACE);
99          methodMap.put(CONNECT.toString(), CONNECT);
100     }
101 
102     /**
103      * Returns the {@link HttpMethod} represented by the specified name.
104      * If the specified name is a standard HTTP method name, a cached instance
105      * will be returned.  Otherwise, a new instance will be returned.
106      */
107     public static HttpMethod valueOf(String name) {
108         if (name == null) {
109             throw new NullPointerException("name");
110         }
111 
112         name = name.trim();
113         if (name.length() == 0) {
114             throw new IllegalArgumentException("empty name");
115         }
116 
117         HttpMethod result = methodMap.get(name);
118         if (result != null) {
119             return result;
120         } else {
121             return new HttpMethod(name);
122         }
123     }
124 
125     private final String name;
126 
127     /**
128      * Creates a new HTTP method with the specified name.  You will not need to
129      * create a new method unless you are implementing a protocol derived from
130      * HTTP, such as
131      * <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Streaming_Protocol">RTSP</a> and
132      * <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Content_Adaptation_Protocol">ICAP</a>
133      */
134     public HttpMethod(String name) {
135         if (name == null) {
136             throw new NullPointerException("name");
137         }
138 
139         name = name.trim();
140         if (name.length() == 0) {
141             throw new IllegalArgumentException("empty name");
142         }
143 
144         for (int i = 0; i < name.length(); i ++) {
145             if (Character.isISOControl(name.charAt(i)) ||
146                 Character.isWhitespace(name.charAt(i))) {
147                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid character in name");
148             }
149         }
150 
151         this.name = name;
152     }
153 
154     /**
155      * Returns the name of this method.
156      */
157     public String getName() {
158         return name;
159     }
160 
161     @Override
162     public int hashCode() {
163         return getName().hashCode();
164     }
165 
166     @Override
167     public boolean equals(Object o) {
168         if (!(o instanceof HttpMethod)) {
169             return false;
170         }
171 
172         HttpMethod that = (HttpMethod) o;
173         return getName().equals(that.getName());
174     }
175 
176     @Override
177     public String toString() {
178         return getName();
179     }
180 
181     public int compareTo(HttpMethod o) {
182         return getName().compareTo(o.getName());
183     }
184 }