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package us.monoid.web;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URLConnection;

/** Used for deleting contents on a server with the DELETE method.
 * Use Resty.delete() to create an instance of this.
 * Not strictly a content, but an instruction to delete a URL. 
 * 
 * @author beders
 *
 */
public class Deletion extends AbstractContent {

	@Override
	public void writeHeader(OutputStream os) throws IOException {
		// nothing to do here
	}

	@Override
	public void writeContent(OutputStream os) throws IOException {
		// no content
	}

	@Override
	protected void addContent(URLConnection con) throws IOException {
		con.setDoOutput(true);
		((HttpURLConnection)con).setRequestMethod("DELETE");
	}

}