Is there a standard constant in Java used to refer to HTTP request methods?

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Where are the request method constants in the Servlet API?

I'm looking for a Java string constant to refer to HTTP request methods (GET, POST, PUT, etc.). I expected HttpServlet or HttpServletRequest to have constants for these methods, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Answer 1

It seems not: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1857646/where-are-the-request-method-constants-in-the-servlet-api

Answer 2

In Java Spring, you can use the RequestMapping annotation to isolate different types of request methods. It is in section 13.11.3 of the following link: http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/2.5.x/reference/mvc.html#mvc-annotation

Essentially you can use these annotations to get the HTTP request method type:

@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST)
@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.PUT)

All the request types are in an enum in the RequestMethod object: http://apollo89.com/java/spring-framework-2.5.3/api/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/RequestMethod.html