001/*
002 * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
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.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
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009 *
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015 */
016
017package org.springframework.web.bind.annotation;
018
019/**
020 * Java 5 enumeration of HTTP request methods. Intended for use with the
021 * {@link RequestMapping#method()} attribute of the {@link RequestMapping} annotation.
022 *
023 * <p>Note that, by default, {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet}
024 * supports GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, PATCH and DELETE only. DispatcherServlet will
025 * process TRACE and OPTIONS with the default HttpServlet behavior unless explicitly
026 * told to dispatch those request types as well: Check out the "dispatchOptionsRequest"
027 * and "dispatchTraceRequest" properties, switching them to "true" if necessary.
028 *
029 * @author Juergen Hoeller
030 * @since 2.5
031 * @see RequestMapping
032 * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet#setDispatchOptionsRequest
033 * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet#setDispatchTraceRequest
034 */
035public enum RequestMethod {
036
037        GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, OPTIONS, TRACE
038
039}