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Callers interested in the method should 79 use an interface which returns the original string. 80 </p> 81 </td> 82</tr> 83<tr> 84<td> 85 <p> 86 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">delete_</span></code> 87 </p> 88 </td> 89<td> 90 <p> 91 The DELETE method deletes the specified resource. 92 </p> 93 </td> 94</tr> 95<tr> 96<td> 97 <p> 98 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">get</span></code> 99 </p> 100 </td> 101<td> 102 <p> 103 The GET method requests a representation of the specified resource. 104 </p> 105 <p> 106 Requests using GET should only retrieve data and should have no 107 other effect. 108 </p> 109 </td> 110</tr> 111<tr> 112<td> 113 <p> 114 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">head</span></code> 115 </p> 116 </td> 117<td> 118 <p> 119 The HEAD method asks for a response identical to that of a GET 120 request, but without the response body. 121 </p> 122 <p> 123 This is useful for retrieving meta-information written in response 124 headers, without having to transport the entire content. 125 </p> 126 </td> 127</tr> 128<tr> 129<td> 130 <p> 131 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">post</span></code> 132 </p> 133 </td> 134<td> 135 <p> 136 The POST method requests that the server accept the entity enclosed 137 in the request as a new subordinate of the web resource identified 138 by the URI. 139 </p> 140 <p> 141 The data POSTed might be, for example, an annotation for existing 142 resources; a message for a bulletin board, newsgroup, mailing list, 143 or comment thread; a block of data that is the result of submitting 144 a web form to a data-handling process; or an item to add to a database 145 </p> 146 </td> 147</tr> 148<tr> 149<td> 150 <p> 151 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">put</span></code> 152 </p> 153 </td> 154<td> 155 <p> 156 The PUT method requests that the enclosed entity be stored under 157 the supplied URI. 158 </p> 159 <p> 160 If the URI refers to an already existing resource, it is modified; 161 if the URI does not point to an existing resource, then the server 162 can create the resource with that URI. 163 </p> 164 </td> 165</tr> 166<tr> 167<td> 168 <p> 169 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">connect</span></code> 170 </p> 171 </td> 172<td> 173 <p> 174 The CONNECT method converts the request connection to a transparent 175 TCP/IP tunnel. 176 </p> 177 <p> 178 This is usually to facilitate SSL-encrypted communication (HTTPS) 179 through an unencrypted HTTP proxy. 180 </p> 181 </td> 182</tr> 183<tr> 184<td> 185 <p> 186 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">options</span></code> 187 </p> 188 </td> 189<td> 190 <p> 191 The OPTIONS method returns the HTTP methods that the server supports 192 for the specified URL. 193 </p> 194 <p> 195 This can be used to check the functionality of a web server by 196 requesting '*' instead of a specific resource. 197 </p> 198 </td> 199</tr> 200<tr> 201<td> 202 <p> 203 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">trace</span></code> 204 </p> 205 </td> 206<td> 207 <p> 208 The TRACE method echoes the received request so that a client can 209 see what (if any) changes or additions have been made by intermediate 210 servers. 211 </p> 212 </td> 213</tr> 214<tr> 215<td> 216 <p> 217 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">copy</span></code> 218 </p> 219 </td> 220<td> 221 </td> 222</tr> 223<tr> 224<td> 225 <p> 226 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">lock</span></code> 227 </p> 228 </td> 229<td> 230 </td> 231</tr> 232<tr> 233<td> 234 <p> 235 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mkcol</span></code> 236 </p> 237 </td> 238<td> 239 </td> 240</tr> 241<tr> 242<td> 243 <p> 244 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">move</span></code> 245 </p> 246 </td> 247<td> 248 </td> 249</tr> 250<tr> 251<td> 252 <p> 253 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">propfind</span></code> 254 </p> 255 </td> 256<td> 257 </td> 258</tr> 259<tr> 260<td> 261 <p> 262 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">proppatch</span></code> 263 </p> 264 </td> 265<td> 266 </td> 267</tr> 268<tr> 269<td> 270 <p> 271 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">search</span></code> 272 </p> 273 </td> 274<td> 275 </td> 276</tr> 277<tr> 278<td> 279 <p> 280 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">unlock</span></code> 281 </p> 282 </td> 283<td> 284 </td> 285</tr> 286<tr> 287<td> 288 <p> 289 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bind</span></code> 290 </p> 291 </td> 292<td> 293 </td> 294</tr> 295<tr> 296<td> 297 <p> 298 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">rebind</span></code> 299 </p> 300 </td> 301<td> 302 </td> 303</tr> 304<tr> 305<td> 306 <p> 307 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">unbind</span></code> 308 </p> 309 </td> 310<td> 311 </td> 312</tr> 313<tr> 314<td> 315 <p> 316 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">acl</span></code> 317 </p> 318 </td> 319<td> 320 </td> 321</tr> 322<tr> 323<td> 324 <p> 325 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">report</span></code> 326 </p> 327 </td> 328<td> 329 </td> 330</tr> 331<tr> 332<td> 333 <p> 334 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mkactivity</span></code> 335 </p> 336 </td> 337<td> 338 </td> 339</tr> 340<tr> 341<td> 342 <p> 343 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">checkout</span></code> 344 </p> 345 </td> 346<td> 347 </td> 348</tr> 349<tr> 350<td> 351 <p> 352 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">merge</span></code> 353 </p> 354 </td> 355<td> 356 </td> 357</tr> 358<tr> 359<td> 360 <p> 361 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">msearch</span></code> 362 </p> 363 </td> 364<td> 365 </td> 366</tr> 367<tr> 368<td> 369 <p> 370 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">notify</span></code> 371 </p> 372 </td> 373<td> 374 </td> 375</tr> 376<tr> 377<td> 378 <p> 379 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">subscribe</span></code> 380 </p> 381 </td> 382<td> 383 </td> 384</tr> 385<tr> 386<td> 387 <p> 388 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">unsubscribe</span></code> 389 </p> 390 </td> 391<td> 392 </td> 393</tr> 394<tr> 395<td> 396 <p> 397 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">patch</span></code> 398 </p> 399 </td> 400<td> 401 </td> 402</tr> 403<tr> 404<td> 405 <p> 406 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">purge</span></code> 407 </p> 408 </td> 409<td> 410 </td> 411</tr> 412<tr> 413<td> 414 <p> 415 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mkcalendar</span></code> 416 </p> 417 </td> 418<td> 419 </td> 420</tr> 421<tr> 422<td> 423 <p> 424 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">link</span></code> 425 </p> 426 </td> 427<td> 428 </td> 429</tr> 430<tr> 431<td> 432 <p> 433 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">unlink</span></code> 434 </p> 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