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/* * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors. * * Licensed 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 * * https://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. */ package org.springframework.web.bind.annotation; /** * Java 5 enumeration of HTTP request methods. Intended for use with the * {@link RequestMapping#method()} attribute of the {@link RequestMapping} annotation. * * <p>Note that, by default, {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet} * supports GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, PATCH and DELETE only. DispatcherServlet will * process TRACE and OPTIONS with the default HttpServlet behavior unless explicitly * told to dispatch those request types as well: Check out the "dispatchOptionsRequest" * and "dispatchTraceRequest" properties, switching them to "true" if necessary. * * @author Juergen Hoeller * @since 2.5 * @see RequestMapping * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet#setDispatchOptionsRequest * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet#setDispatchTraceRequest */ public enum RequestMethod { GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, OPTIONS, TRACE }