jelly-tags/http/src/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/tags/http/OptionsTag.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.OptionsMethod;

/**
 * A http get tag
 *
 * @author  dion
 * @version $Id: OptionsTag.java,v 1.2 2002/07/14 12:38:22 dion Exp $
 */
public class OptionsTag extends HttpTagSupport {

    /** the options method */
    private OptionsMethod _optionsMethod;

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

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

}