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Vinnie Falco 9a585a82d9 Refactor treatment of request-method (API Change):
fix #397

method enum class is added to represent all known request methods.
Functions are provided to convert from strings to and from the method
enumeration.

The fields container is modified to also work with the enum.
2017-05-30 15:59:50 -07:00

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//
// Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Vinnie Falco (vinnie dot falco at gmail dot com)
//
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
//
#ifndef BEAST_HTTP_VERB_HPP
#define BEAST_HTTP_VERB_HPP
#include <beast/config.hpp>
#include <beast/core/string_view.hpp>
#include <boost/optional.hpp>
#include <ostream>
namespace beast {
namespace http {
/** HTTP request method verbs
Each verb corresponds to a particular method string
used in HTTP request messages.
*/
enum class verb
{
/// The DELETE method deletes the specified resource
delete_ = 1,
/** The GET method requests a representation of the specified resource.
Requests using GET should only retrieve data and should have no other effect.
*/
get,
/** The HEAD method asks for a response identical to that of a GET request, but without the response body.
This is useful for retrieving meta-information written in response
headers, without having to transport the entire content.
*/
head,
/** The POST method requests that the server accept the entity enclosed in the request as a new subordinate of the web resource identified by the URI.
The data POSTed might be, for example, an annotation for existing
resources; a message for a bulletin board, newsgroup, mailing list,
or comment thread; a block of data that is the result of submitting
a web form to a data-handling process; or an item to add to a database
*/
post,
/** The PUT method requests that the enclosed entity be stored under the supplied URI.
If the URI refers to an already existing resource, it is modified;
if the URI does not point to an existing resource, then the server
can create the resource with that URI.
*/
put,
/** The CONNECT method converts the request connection to a transparent TCP/IP tunnel.
This is usually to facilitate SSL-encrypted communication (HTTPS)
through an unencrypted HTTP proxy.
*/
connect,
/** The OPTIONS method returns the HTTP methods that the server supports for the specified URL.
This can be used to check the functionality of a web server by requesting
'*' instead of a specific resource.
*/
options,
/** The TRACE method echoes the received request so that a client can see what (if any) changes or additions have been made by intermediate servers.
*/
trace,
// WebDAV
copy,
lock,
mkcol,
move,
propfind,
proppatch,
search,
unlock,
bind,
rebind,
unbind,
acl,
// subversion
report,
mkactivity,
checkout,
merge,
// upnp
msearch,
notify,
subscribe,
unsubscribe,
// RFC-5789
patch,
purge,
// CalDAV
mkcalendar,
// RFC-2068, section 19.6.1.2
link,
unlink
};
/** Converts a string to the request method verb.
If the string does not match a known request method,
`boost::none` is returned.
*/
boost::optional<verb>
string_to_verb(string_view s);
/// Returns the text representation of a request method verb.
string_view
to_string(verb v);
/// Write the text for a request method verb to an output stream.
inline
std::ostream&
operator<<(std::ostream& os, verb v)
{
return os << to_string(v);
}
} // http
} // beast
#include <beast/http/impl/verb.ipp>
#endif