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31 
32 package org.apache.http.client.methods;
33 
34 import java.net.URI;
35 
36 /**
37  * HTTP POST method.
38  * <p>
39  * The HTTP POST method is defined in section 9.5 of
40  * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC2616</a>:
41  * <blockquote>
42  * The POST method is used to request that the origin server accept the entity
43  * enclosed in the request as a new subordinate of the resource identified by
44  * the Request-URI in the Request-Line. POST is designed to allow a uniform
45  * method to cover the following functions:
46  * <ul>
47  *   <li>Annotation of existing resources</li>
48  *   <li>Posting a message to a bulletin board, newsgroup, mailing list, or
49  *     similar group of articles</li>
50  *   <li>Providing a block of data, such as the result of submitting a form,
51  *     to a data-handling process</li>
52  *   <li>Extending a database through an append operation</li>
53  * </ul>
54  * </blockquote>
55  * </p>
56  *
57  * @version $Revision: 664505 $
58  *
59  * @since 4.0
60  *
61  * @deprecated Please use {@link java.net.URL#openConnection} instead.
62  *     Please visit <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/09/androids-http-clients.html">this webpage</a>
63  *     for further details.
64  */
65 @Deprecated
66 public class HttpPost extends HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase {
67 
68     public final static String METHOD_NAME = "POST";
69 
HttpPost()70     public HttpPost() {
71         super();
72     }
73 
HttpPost(final URI uri)74     public HttpPost(final URI uri) {
75         super();
76         setURI(uri);
77     }
78 
79     /**
80      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the uri is invalid.
81      */
HttpPost(final String uri)82     public HttpPost(final String uri) {
83         super();
84         setURI(URI.create(uri));
85     }
86 
87     @Override
getMethod()88     public String getMethod() {
89         return METHOD_NAME;
90     }
91 
92 }
93