diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 netwerk/test/unit/test_bug477578.js
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/netwerk/test/unit/test_bug477578.js	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+// test that methods are not normalized
+
+const testMethods = [
+  ["GET"],
+  ["get"],
+  ["Get"],
+  ["gET"],
+  ["gEt"],
+  ["post"],
+  ["POST"],
+  ["head"],
+  ["HEAD"],
+  ["put"],
+  ["PUT"],
+  ["delete"],
+  ["DELETE"],
+  ["connect"],
+  ["CONNECT"],
+  ["options"],
+  ["trace"],
+  ["track"],
+  ["copy"],
+  ["index"],
+  ["lock"],
+  ["m-post"],
+  ["mkcol"],
+  ["move"],
+  ["propfind"],
+  ["proppatch"],
+  ["unlock"],
+  ["link"],
+  ["LINK"],
+  ["foo"],
+  ["foO"],
+  ["fOo"],
+  ["Foo"]
+]
+
+function run_test() {
+  var ios =
+    Cc["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"].
+    getService(Ci.nsIIOService);
+
+  var chan = ios.newChannel("http://localhost/", null, null)
+                  .QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIHttpChannel);
+
+  for (var i = 0; i < testMethods.length; i++) {
+    chan.requestMethod = testMethods[i];
+    do_check_eq(chan.requestMethod, testMethods[i]);
+  }
+}