HttpMethod

java.lang.Object
- akka.http.javadsl.model.HttpMethod

Direct Known Subclasses:

HttpMethod
```
public abstract class HttpMethod
extends java.lang.Object
```
Represents an HTTP request method. See HttpMethods for a set of predefined methods and static constructors to create custom ones.

See Also:

for convenience access to often used values.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

HttpMethod()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract boolean`	`isEntityAccepted()`	Returns if requests with this method may contain an entity.
`abstract boolean`	`isIdempotent()`	Returns if this method is "idempotent" as defined in http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-26#section-4.2.2
`abstract boolean`	`isSafe()`	Returns if this method is "safe" as defined in http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-26#section-4.2.1
`java.lang.String`	`name()`	Returns the name of the method, always equal to [[value]].
`abstract RequestEntityAcceptance`	`requestEntityAcceptance()`	Returns the entity acceptance level for this method.
`abstract java.lang.String`	`value()`	Returns the name of the method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - HttpMethod
```
public HttpMethod()
```
- Method Detail
  - name
```
public final java.lang.String name()
```
    Returns the name of the method, always equal to [[value]].
  - value
```
public abstract java.lang.String value()
```
    Returns the name of the method.
  - isSafe
```
public abstract boolean isSafe()
```
    Returns if this method is "safe" as defined in http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-26#section-4.2.1
  - isIdempotent
```
public abstract boolean isIdempotent()
```
    Returns if this method is "idempotent" as defined in http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-26#section-4.2.2
  - isEntityAccepted
```
public abstract boolean isEntityAccepted()
```
    Returns if requests with this method may contain an entity.
  - requestEntityAcceptance
```
public abstract RequestEntityAcceptance requestEntityAcceptance()
```
    Returns the entity acceptance level for this method.