HttpRequest (Spring Framework 5.2.12.RELEASE API)

All Superinterfaces:
HttpMessage
All Known Subinterfaces:
AsyncClientHttpRequest, ClientHttpRequest, ServerHttpRequest, ServerHttpRequest
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractClientHttpRequest, AbstractServerHttpRequest, HttpRequestWrapper, MockAsyncClientHttpRequest, MockClientHttpRequest, MockServerHttpRequest, RequestPartServletServerHttpRequest, ServerHttpRequestDecorator, ServletServerHttpRequest
```
public interface HttpRequest
extends HttpMessage
```
Represents an HTTP request message, consisting of method and uri.
Since:
3.1
Author:
Arjen Poutsma

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default HttpMethod`	`getMethod()`	Return the HTTP method of the request.
`String`	`getMethodValue()`	Return the HTTP method of the request as a String value.
`URI`	`getURI()`	Return the URI of the request (including a query string if any, but only if it is well-formed for a URI representation).

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.http.HttpMessage
getHeaders

- Method Detail
  - getMethod
```
@Nullable
default HttpMethod getMethod()
```
    Return the HTTP method of the request.
    Returns:
    the HTTP method as an HttpMethod enum value, or null if not resolvable (e.g. in case of a non-standard HTTP method)
    See Also:
    getMethodValue(), HttpMethod.resolve(String)
  - getMethodValue
```
String getMethodValue()
```
    Return the HTTP method of the request as a String value.
    Returns:
    the HTTP method as a plain String
    Since:
    5.0
    See Also:
    getMethod()
  - getURI
```
URI getURI()
```
    Return the URI of the request (including a query string if any, but only if it is well-formed for a URI representation).
    Returns:
    the URI of the request (never null)