com.meterware.httpunit
Class HeadMethodWebRequest

java.lang.Object
  com.meterware.httpunit.WebRequest
      com.meterware.httpunit.HeaderOnlyWebRequest
          com.meterware.httpunit.HeadMethodWebRequest

public class HeadMethodWebRequest
extends HeaderOnlyWebRequest

A web request using the HEAD method. This request is used to obtain header information for a resource without necessarily waiting for the data to be computed or transmitted.

Author:

Russell Gold

Constructor Summary

HeadMethodWebRequest(java.lang.String urlString)
Creates a new head request from a complete URL string.

HeadMethodWebRequest(java.net.URL urlBase, java.lang.String urlString)
Creates a new head request using a relative URL and base.

Method Summary

java.lang.String

getMethod() Returns the HTTP method defined for this request.

Methods inherited from class com.meterware.httpunit.HeaderOnlyWebRequest

getQueryString

Methods inherited from class com.meterware.httpunit.WebRequest

completeRequest, getCharacterSet, getContentType, getHeaders, getParameter, getParameterHolder, getParameterValues, getRequestParameterNames, getTarget, getURL, getURLBase, getURLString, isFileParameter, isMimeEncoded, maySelectFile, removeParameter, selectFile, selectFile, selectFile, setHeaderField, setImageButtonClickPosition, setMimeEncoded, setParameter, setParameter, setParameter, toString, writeMessageBody

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HeadMethodWebRequest

public HeadMethodWebRequest(java.lang.String urlString)

Creates a new head request from a complete URL string.

Parameters:

urlString - the URL desired, including the protocol.

HeadMethodWebRequest

public HeadMethodWebRequest(java.net.URL urlBase,
                            java.lang.String urlString)

Creates a new head request using a relative URL and base.

Parameters:

urlBase - the base URL.

urlString - the relative URL

Method Detail

getMethod

public java.lang.String getMethod()

Description copied from class: WebRequest

Returns the HTTP method defined for this request.

Specified by:

getMethod in class WebRequest