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/*
 * HttpMethod.java
 *
 * Created on October 25, 2006, 2:02 PM
 *
 */

package javax.ws.rs;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Indicates that the annotated Java method should be used to handle HTTP
 * requests. Annotated methods must satisfy the following constraints:
 * 
 * Methods must have a return type of void,
 * Response or T. Return values will be serialized
 * in the HTTP response. A Response return allows the application
 * to supply additional metadata that will accompany the response entity.
 * 
Methods may have a single optional parameter of type
 * that is not annotated. The parameter provides access to
 * the contents of the HTTP request entity body. The parameter will be null if
 * the HTTP request entity body is of zero length.
 * Methods may have zero or more additional method arguments, each of which
 * must be annotated with either @UriParam, 
 * @HeaderParam, 
 * @MatrixParam, @QueryParam or
 * @HttpContext
 * 
 *
 * @see UriParam
 * @see QueryParam
 * @see MatrixParam
 * @see HeaderParam
 */
@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface HttpMethod {
    
    /**
     * HTTP GET method
     */
    public static final String GET="GET";
    /**
     * HTTP POST method
     */
    public static final String POST="POST"; 
    /**
     * HTTP PUT method
     */
    public static final String PUT="PUT";
    /**
     * HTTP DELETE method
     */
    public static final String DELETE="DELETE";
    /**
     * HTTP HEAD method
     */
    public static final String HEAD="HEAD";
    
    /**
     * Specifies the name of a HTTP method. E.g. "GET". If not specified the
     * name of the annotated method must begin with one of the method constants
     * (in lowercase). E.g.      * @HttpMethod
     * public void deleteSomething()
     * is equivalent to      * @HttpMethod(DELETE)
     * public void deleteSomething()
     */
    String value() default "";        
}