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michael@0: 
michael@0: package ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.client.methods;
michael@0: 
michael@0: import java.net.URI;
michael@0: 
michael@0: import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.annotation.NotThreadSafe;
michael@0: 
michael@0: /**
michael@0:  * HTTP POST method.
michael@0:  * <p>
michael@0:  * The HTTP POST method is defined in section 9.5 of
michael@0:  * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC2616</a>:
michael@0:  * <blockquote>
michael@0:  * The POST method is used to request that the origin server accept the entity
michael@0:  * enclosed in the request as a new subordinate of the resource identified by
michael@0:  * the Request-URI in the Request-Line. POST is designed to allow a uniform
michael@0:  * method to cover the following functions:
michael@0:  * <ul>
michael@0:  *   <li>Annotation of existing resources</li>
michael@0:  *   <li>Posting a message to a bulletin board, newsgroup, mailing list, or
michael@0:  *     similar group of articles</li>
michael@0:  *   <li>Providing a block of data, such as the result of submitting a form,
michael@0:  *     to a data-handling process</li>
michael@0:  *   <li>Extending a database through an append operation</li>
michael@0:  * </ul>
michael@0:  * </blockquote>
michael@0:  * </p>
michael@0:  *
michael@0:  * @since 4.0
michael@0:  */
michael@0: @NotThreadSafe
michael@0: public class HttpPost extends HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase {
michael@0: 
michael@0:     public final static String METHOD_NAME = "POST";
michael@0: 
michael@0:     public HttpPost() {
michael@0:         super();
michael@0:     }
michael@0: 
michael@0:     public HttpPost(final URI uri) {
michael@0:         super();
michael@0:         setURI(uri);
michael@0:     }
michael@0: 
michael@0:     /**
michael@0:      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the uri is invalid.
michael@0:      */
michael@0:     public HttpPost(final String uri) {
michael@0:         super();
michael@0:         setURI(URI.create(uri));
michael@0:     }
michael@0: 
michael@0:     @Override
michael@0:     public String getMethod() {
michael@0:         return METHOD_NAME;
michael@0:     }
michael@0: 
michael@0: }