HttpMethod (Java(TM) EE 7 Specification APIs)

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Annotation Type HttpMethod

```
@Target(value=ANNOTATION_TYPE)
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Documented
public @interface HttpMethod
```
Associates the name of a HTTP method with an annotation. A Java method annotated with a runtime annotation that is itself annotated with this annotation will be used to handle HTTP requests of the indicated HTTP method. It is an error for a method to be annotated with more than one annotation that is annotated with HttpMethod.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Paul Sandoz, Marc Hadley

See Also:

GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Fields and Description
`static String`	`DELETE` HTTP DELETE method.
`static String`	`GET` HTTP GET method.
`static String`	`HEAD` HTTP HEAD method.
`static String`	`OPTIONS` HTTP OPTIONS method.
`static String`	`POST` HTTP POST method.
`static String`	`PUT` HTTP PUT method.

Required Element Summary

Required Elements
Modifier and Type Required Element and Description

String value
Specifies the name of a HTTP method.

Field Detail
- GET
```
public static final String GET
```
  HTTP GET method.

- POST
```
public static final String POST
```
  HTTP POST method.

- PUT
```
public static final String PUT
```
  HTTP PUT method.

- DELETE
```
public static final String DELETE
```
  HTTP DELETE method.

- HEAD
```
public static final String HEAD
```
  HTTP HEAD method.

- OPTIONS
```
public static final String OPTIONS
```
  HTTP OPTIONS method.

Element Detail
- value
```
public abstract String value
```
  Specifies the name of a HTTP method. E.g. "GET".

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