title: Is there a standard constant in Java used to refer to HTTP request methods?
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1857646/where-are-the-request-method-constants-in-the-servlet-api">Where are the request method constants in the Servlet API?</a>  </p>
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  <p>I'm looking for a Java string constant to refer to HTTP request methods (GET, POST, PUT, etc.).  I expected <a href="http://java.sun.com/javaee/6/docs/api/javax/servlet/http/HttpServlet.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HttpServlet</a> or HttpServletRequest to have constants for these methods, but that doesn't seem to be the case.</p>