001/*
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003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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009 *
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015 */
016
017package org.springframework.http;
018
019import java.net.URI;
020
021/**
022 * Represents an HTTP request message, consisting of
023 * {@linkplain #getMethod() method} and {@linkplain #getURI() uri}.
024 *
025 * @author Arjen Poutsma
026 * @since 3.1
027 */
028public interface HttpRequest extends HttpMessage {
029
030        /**
031         * Return the HTTP method of the request.
032         * @return the HTTP method as an HttpMethod enum value, or {@code null}
033         * if not resolvable (e.g. in case of a non-standard HTTP method)
034         */
035        HttpMethod getMethod();
036
037        /**
038         * Return the URI of the request (including a query string if any,
039         * but only if it is well-formed for a URI representation).
040         * @return the URI of the request (never {@code null})
041         */
042        URI getURI();
043
044}