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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   *
26   * @author <a href="http://www.jboss.org/netty/">The Netty Project</a>
27   * @author Andy Taylor (andy.taylor@jboss.org)
28   * @version $Rev: 2080 $, $Date: 2010-01-26 18:04:19 +0900 (Tue, 26 Jan 2010) $
29   *
30   * @apiviz.exclude
31   */
32  public class HttpMethod implements Comparable<HttpMethod> {
33      /**
34       * The OPTIONS method represents a request for information about the communication options available on the request/response
35       * chain identified by the Request-URI. This method allows the client to determine the options and/or requirements
36       * associated with a resource, or the capabilities of a server, without implying a resource action or initiating a
37       * resource retrieval.
38       */
39      public static final HttpMethod OPTIONS = new HttpMethod("OPTIONS");
40  
41      /**
42       * The GET method means retrieve whatever information (in the form of an entity) is identified by the Request-URI.
43       * If the Request-URI refers to a data-producing process, it is the produced data which shall be returned as the entity
44       * in the response and not the source text of the process, unless that text happens to be the output of the process.
45       */
46      public static final HttpMethod GET = new HttpMethod("GET");
47  
48      /**
49       * The HEAD method is identical to GET except that the server MUST NOT return a message-body in the response.
50       */
51      public static final HttpMethod HEAD = new HttpMethod("HEAD");
52  
53      /**
54       * The POST method is used to request that the origin server accept the entity enclosed in the request as a new
55       * subordinate of the resource identified by the Request-URI in the Request-Line.
56       */
57      public static final HttpMethod POST = new HttpMethod("POST");
58  
59      /**
60       * The PUT method requests that the enclosed entity be stored under the supplied Request-URI.
61       */
62      public static final HttpMethod PUT = new HttpMethod("PUT");
63  
64      /**
65       * The PATCH method requests that a set of changes described in the
66       * request entity be applied to the resource identified by the Request-URI.
67       */
68      public static final HttpMethod PATCH = new HttpMethod("PATCH");
69  
70      /**
71       * The DELETE method requests that the origin server delete the resource identified by the 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 message.
77       */
78      public static final HttpMethod TRACE = new HttpMethod("TRACE");
79  
80      /**
81       * This specification reserves the method name CONNECT for use with a proxy that can dynamically switch to being a tunnel
82       */
83      public static final HttpMethod CONNECT = new HttpMethod("CONNECT");
84  
85      private static final Map<String, HttpMethod> methodMap =
86              new HashMap<String, HttpMethod>();
87  
88      static {
89          methodMap.put(OPTIONS.toString(), OPTIONS);
90          methodMap.put(GET.toString(), GET);
91          methodMap.put(HEAD.toString(), HEAD);
92          methodMap.put(POST.toString(), POST);
93          methodMap.put(PUT.toString(), PUT);
94          methodMap.put(PATCH.toString(), PATCH);
95          methodMap.put(DELETE.toString(), DELETE);
96          methodMap.put(TRACE.toString(), TRACE);
97          methodMap.put(CONNECT.toString(), CONNECT);
98      }
99  
100     /**
101      * Returns the {@link HttpMethod} represented by the specified name.
102      * If the specified name is a standard HTTP method name, a cached instance
103      * will be returned.  Otherwise, a new instance will be returned.
104      */
105     public static HttpMethod valueOf(String name) {
106         if (name == null) {
107             throw new NullPointerException("name");
108         }
109 
110         name = name.trim().toUpperCase();
111         if (name.length() == 0) {
112             throw new IllegalArgumentException("empty name");
113         }
114 
115         HttpMethod result = methodMap.get(name);
116         if (result != null) {
117             return result;
118         } else {
119             return new HttpMethod(name);
120         }
121     }
122 
123     private final String name;
124 
125     /**
126      * Creates a new HTTP method with the specified name.  You will not need to
127      * create a new method unless you are implementing a protocol derived from
128      * HTTP, such as
129      * <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Streaming_Protocol">RTSP</a> and
130      * <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Content_Adaptation_Protocol">ICAP</a>
131      */
132     public HttpMethod(String name) {
133         if (name == null) {
134             throw new NullPointerException("name");
135         }
136 
137         name = name.trim().toUpperCase();
138         if (name.length() == 0) {
139             throw new IllegalArgumentException("empty name");
140         }
141 
142         for (int i = 0; i < name.length(); i ++) {
143             if (Character.isISOControl(name.charAt(i)) ||
144                 Character.isWhitespace(name.charAt(i))) {
145                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid character in name");
146             }
147         }
148 
149         this.name = name;
150     }
151 
152     /**
153      * Returns the name of this method.
154      */
155     public String getName() {
156         return name;
157     }
158 
159     @Override
160     public int hashCode() {
161         return getName().hashCode();
162     }
163 
164     @Override
165     public boolean equals(Object o) {
166         if (!(o instanceof HttpMethod)) {
167             return false;
168         }
169 
170         HttpMethod that = (HttpMethod) o;
171         return getName().equals(that.getName());
172     }
173 
174     @Override
175     public String toString() {
176         return getName();
177     }
178 
179     public int compareTo(HttpMethod o) {
180         return getName().compareTo(o.getName());
181     }
182 }