Class HttpPost

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.lang.Cloneable, AbortableHttpRequest, Configurable, HttpExecutionAware, HttpUriRequest, HttpEntityEnclosingRequest, HttpMessage, HttpRequest

    public class HttpPost
    extends HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase
    HTTP POST method.

    The HTTP POST method is defined in section 9.5 of RFC2616:

    The POST method is used to request that the origin server accept the entity enclosed in the request as a new subordinate of the resource identified by the Request-URI in the Request-Line. POST is designed to allow a uniform method to cover the following functions:
    • Annotation of existing resources
    • Posting a message to a bulletin board, newsgroup, mailing list, or similar group of articles
    • Providing a block of data, such as the result of submitting a form, to a data-handling process
    • Extending a database through an append operation
    Since:
    4.0
    • Constructor Detail

      • HttpPost

        public HttpPost()
      • HttpPost

        public HttpPost​(java.net.URI uri)
      • HttpPost

        public HttpPost​(java.lang.String uri)
        Throws:
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the uri is invalid.