Package javax.ws.rs

Annotation Type HttpMethod

@Target(ANNOTATION_TYPE)
@Retention(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, PATCH, HEAD, OPTIONS

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Fields	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	PATCH	HTTP PATCH method.
static String	POST	HTTP POST method.
static String	PUT	HTTP PUT method.

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element	Description
String	value	Specifies the name of a HTTP method.

Field Detail

GET

static final String GET

HTTP GET method.

POST

static final String POST

HTTP POST method.

PUT

static final String PUT

HTTP PUT method.

DELETE

static final String DELETE

HTTP DELETE method.

PATCH

static final String PATCH

HTTP PATCH method.

Since:

2.1

HEAD

static final String HEAD

HTTP HEAD method.

OPTIONS

static final String OPTIONS

HTTP OPTIONS method.

Element Detail

value

String value

Specifies the name of a HTTP method. E.g. "GET".