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Android APIs
public class

HttpDelete

extends HttpRequestBase
java.lang.Object
   ↳ org.apache.http.message.AbstractHttpMessage
     ↳ org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase
       ↳ org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpDelete

Class Overview

HTTP DELETE method

The HTTP DELETE method is defined in section 9.7 of RFC2616 :

The DELETE method requests that the origin server delete the resource identified by the Request-URI. [...] The client cannot be guaranteed that the operation has been carried out, even if the status code returned from the origin server indicates that the action has been completed successfully.

Summary

Constants
String METHOD_NAME
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Inherited Fields
From class org.apache.http.message.AbstractHttpMessage
Public Constructors
HttpDelete ()
HttpDelete ( URI uri)
HttpDelete ( String uri)
Public Methods
String getMethod ()
Returns the HTTP method this request uses, such as GET , PUT , POST , or other.
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Inherited Methods
From class org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase
From class org.apache.http.message.AbstractHttpMessage
From class java.lang.Object
From interface org.apache.http.HttpMessage
From interface org.apache.http.HttpRequest
From interface org.apache.http.client.methods.AbortableHttpRequest
From interface org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest

Constants

public static final String METHOD_NAME

Added in API level 1

Constant Value: "DELETE"

Public Constructors

public HttpDelete ()

Added in API level 1

public HttpDelete ( URI uri)

Added in API level 1

public HttpDelete ( String uri)

Added in API level 1

Throws
IllegalArgumentException if the uri is invalid.

Public Methods

public String getMethod ()

Added in API level 1

Returns the HTTP method this request uses, such as GET , PUT , POST , or other.