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package org.wicketstuff.rest.utils.http;

/***
 * Enum class that represents all the possible HTTP request methods.
 * 
 * @author andrea del bene
 * 
 */
public enum HttpMethod
{
	GET("GET"), POST("POST"), HEAD("HEAD"), OPTIONS("OPTIONS"), PUT("PUT"), PATCH("PATCH"), DELETE(
		"DELETE"), TRACE("TRACE");

	private String method;

	private HttpMethod(String method)
	{
		this.method = method;
	}

	/**
	 * Converts a string (like "put", "get", "post", etc...) to the corresponding HTTP method.
	 * 
	 * @param httpMethod
	 *            the string value we want to convert. The conversion mechanism is case-insensitive.
	 * @return
	 */
	public static HttpMethod toHttpMethod(String httpMethod)
	{
		HttpMethod[] values = HttpMethod.values();
		httpMethod = httpMethod.toUpperCase();

		for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++)
		{
			if (values[i].method.equals(httpMethod))
				return values[i];
		}

		throw new RuntimeException("The string value '" + httpMethod +
			"' does not correspond to any valid HTTP request method");
	}

	public String getMethod()
	{
		return method;
	}
}