HttpMethod (Jakarta EE Platform API)

```
@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".
    
    Returns:
    
    HTTP method name.