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package org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase;


/**
 * Implements the HTTP DELETE method.
 * <p>
 * The HTTP DELETE method is defined in section 9.7 of 
 * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC2616</a>:
 * <blockquote>
 * The DELETE method requests that the origin server delete the resource
 * identified by the Request-URI. This method MAY be overridden by human
 * intervention (or other means) on the origin server.
 * </blockquote>
 * </p>
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:remm@apache.org">Remy Maucherat</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:bcholmes@apache.org">B.C. Holmes</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:jsdever@apache.org">Jeff Dever</a>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 1.14 $
 * @since 1.0
 */
public class DeleteMethod
    extends HttpMethodBase {


    // ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors


    /**
     * No-arg constructor.
     *
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public DeleteMethod() {
    }


    /**
     * Constructor specifying a URI.
     *
     * @param uri either an absolute or relative URI
     *
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public DeleteMethod(String uri) {
        super(uri);
    }


    // ----------------------------------------------------- HttpMethod Methods

    /**
     * Returns <tt>"DELETE"</tt>.
     * @return <tt>"DELETE"</tt>
     *
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public String getName() {
        return "DELETE";
    }


}