Show request method for a http connection in Java

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import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main{
  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
    URL url = new URL("http://www.google.com");
    HttpURLConnection httpCon = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

    System.out.println("Request method is " + httpCon.getRequestMethod());

 }
}