Class DeleteMethod

DELETE Method. The delete method can be sent to either a collection or non-collection resource. If a delete is sent to a collection, then all members of that collection are deleted.

Deletes can fail because of permission problems or if a resource is currently locked.

A typical request/response pair might look like this:

Request

 DELETE /container/ HTTP/1.1
 Host: www.foo.bar
 

Response

 HTTP/1.1 207 Multi-Status
 Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8"
 Content-Length: xxxx
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
   <d:multistatus xmlns:d="DAV:">
   <d:response>
     <d:href>http://www.foo.bar/container/resource3</d:href>
     <d:status>HTTP/1.1 423 Locked</d:status>
   </d:response>
 </d:multistatus>
 

In this example, the delete failed because one of the members was locked.

public DeleteMethod()

public DeleteMethod(String path)

public String getName()

public void parseResponse(InputStream input,
                          HttpState state,
                          HttpConnection conn)
            throws IOException,
                   HttpException