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2 * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
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5 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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16 package io.netty.handler.codec.http;
17
18 /**
19 * An HTTP request.
20 *
21 * <h3>Accessing Query Parameters and Cookie</h3>
22 * <p>
23 * Unlike the Servlet API, a query string is constructed and decomposed by
24 * {@link QueryStringEncoder} and {@link QueryStringDecoder}.
25 *
26 * {@link io.netty.handler.codec.http.cookie.Cookie} support is also provided
27 * separately via {@link io.netty.handler.codec.http.cookie.ServerCookieDecoder},
28 * {@link io.netty.handler.codec.http.cookie.ClientCookieDecoder},
29 * {@link io.netty.handler.codec.http.cookie.ServerCookieEncoder},
30 * and {@link @io.netty.handler.codec.http.cookie.ClientCookieEncoder}.
31 *
32 * @see HttpResponse
33 * @see io.netty.handler.codec.http.cookie.ServerCookieDecoder
34 * @see io.netty.handler.codec.http.cookie.ClientCookieDecoder
35 * @see io.netty.handler.codec.http.cookie.ServerCookieEncoder
36 * @see io.netty.handler.codec.http.cookie.ClientCookieEncoder
37 */
38 public interface HttpRequest extends HttpMessage {
39
40 /**
41 * Returns the {@link HttpMethod} of this {@link HttpRequest}.
42 *
43 * @return The {@link HttpMethod} of this {@link HttpRequest}
44 */
45 HttpMethod getMethod();
46
47 /**
48 * Set the {@link HttpMethod} of this {@link HttpRequest}.
49 */
50 HttpRequest setMethod(HttpMethod method);
51
52 /**
53 * Returns the requested URI (or alternatively, path)
54 *
55 * @return The URI being requested
56 */
57 String getUri();
58
59 /**
60 * Set the requested URI (or alternatively, path)
61 */
62 HttpRequest setUri(String uri);
63
64 @Override
65 HttpRequest setProtocolVersion(HttpVersion version);
66 }