jelly-tags/http/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/tags/http/DeleteTag.java

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package org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.http;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.DeleteMethod;

/**
 * A http delete tag
 *
 * @author  dion
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class DeleteTag extends HttpTagSupport {

    /** the delete method */
    private DeleteMethod _deleteMethod;

    /**
     * Creates a new instance of DeleteTag
     */
    public DeleteTag() {
    }

    /**
     * @return a url method for a get request
     * @throws MalformedURLException when the url is bad
     */
    protected HttpMethod getHttpMethod() throws MalformedURLException {
        if (_deleteMethod == null) {
            _deleteMethod = new DeleteMethod(getResolvedUrl());
        }
        return _deleteMethod;
    }

}