org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods
Class HeadMethod

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase
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        +--org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.HeadMethod

All Implemented Interfaces:

HttpMethod

Direct Known Subclasses:

UrlHeadMethod

public class HeadMethod

extends HttpMethodBase

HEAD Method.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Remy Maucherat

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase

USER_AGENT

Constructor Summary

HeadMethod()
No-arg constructor.

HeadMethod(java.lang.String path)
Path-setting constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() Returns "HEAD".
protected void	readResponseBody(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn) Overrides HttpMethodBase method to not read a response body, despite the presence of a Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding header.
void	recycle() Override recycle to reset redirects default.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase

addAuthorizationRequestHeader, addContentLengthRequestHeader, addCookieRequestHeader, addHostRequestHeader, addProxyAuthorizationRequestHeader, addRequestHeader, addRequestHeader, addRequestHeaders, addResponseFooter, addUserAgentRequestHeader, checkNotUsed, checkUsed, execute, generateRequestLine, getFollowRedirects, getPath, getQueryString, getRequestContentLength, getRequestHeader, getRequestHeaders, getResponseBody, getResponseBodyAsStream, getResponseBodyAsString, getResponseFooter, getResponseFooters, getResponseHeader, getResponseHeaders, getStatusCode, getStatusText, hasBeenUsed, isHttp11, isStrictMode, processResponseBody, processResponseHeaders, processStatusLine, readResponse, readResponseHeaders, readStatusLine, removeRequestHeader, setFollowRedirects, setHttp11, setPath, setQueryString, setQueryString, setRequestHeader, setRequestHeader, setResponseStream, setStrictMode, validate, writeRequest, writeRequestBody, writeRequestHeaders, writeRequestLine

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HeadMethod

public HeadMethod()

No-arg constructor.

Since:

1.0

HeadMethod

public HeadMethod(java.lang.String path)

Path-setting constructor.

Parameters:

path - the path to request

Since:

1.0

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns "HEAD".

Overrides:

getName in class HttpMethodBase

Returns:

"HEAD"

Since:

2.0

recycle

public void recycle()

Override recycle to reset redirects default.

Overrides:

recycle in class HttpMethodBase

Since:

1.0

readResponseBody

protected void readResponseBody(HttpState state,
                                HttpConnection conn)
                         throws java.io.IOException,
                                HttpException

Overrides HttpMethodBase method to not read a response body, despite the presence of a Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding header.

Overrides:

readResponseBody in class HttpMethodBase

Parameters:

state - shared http state

conn - the http connection to read from

Throws:

java.io.IOException - when there's an error reading data

HttpException - never FIXME

Since:

2.0