/* * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/methods/HttpHead.java $ * $Revision: 664505 $ * $Date: 2008-06-08 06:21:20 -0700 (Sun, 08 Jun 2008) $ * * ==================================================================== * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. * ==================================================================== * * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation. For more * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see * . * */ package org.apache.http.client.methods; import java.net.URI; /** * HTTP HEAD method. *

* The HTTP HEAD method is defined in section 9.4 of * RFC2616: *

* The HEAD method is identical to GET except that the server MUST NOT * return a message-body in the response. The metainformation contained * in the HTTP headers in response to a HEAD request SHOULD be identical * to the information sent in response to a GET request. This method can * be used for obtaining metainformation about the entity implied by the * request without transferring the entity-body itself. This method is * often used for testing hypertext links for validity, accessibility, * and recent modification. *
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* * @version $Revision: 664505 $ * * @since 4.0 * * @deprecated Please use {@link java.net.URL#openConnection} instead. * Please visit this webpage * for further details. */ @Deprecated public class HttpHead extends HttpRequestBase { public final static String METHOD_NAME = "HEAD"; public HttpHead() { super(); } public HttpHead(final URI uri) { super(); setURI(uri); } /** * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the uri is invalid. */ public HttpHead(final String uri) { super(); setURI(URI.create(uri)); } @Override public String getMethod() { return METHOD_NAME; } }