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package org.springframework.http;

import java.net.URI;

/**
 * Represents an HTTP request message, consisting of a
 * {@linkplain #getMethod() method} and a {@linkplain #getURI() URI}.
 *
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
 * @since 3.1
 */
public interface HttpRequest extends HttpMessage {

	/**
	 * Return the HTTP method of the request.
	 * @return the HTTP method as an HttpMethod value
	 * @see HttpMethod#valueOf(String)
	 */
	HttpMethod getMethod();

	/**
	 * Return the HTTP method of the request as a String value.
	 * @return the HTTP method as a plain String
	 * @since 5.0
	 * @see #getMethod()
	 * @deprecated as of Spring Framework 6.0 in favor of {@link #getMethod()} and
	 * {@link HttpMethod#name()}
	 */
	@Deprecated(since = "6.0", forRemoval = true)
	default String getMethodValue() {
		return getMethod().name();
	}

	/**
	 * Return the URI of the request (including a query string if any,
	 * but only if it is well-formed for a URI representation).
	 * @return the URI of the request (never {@code null})
	 */
	URI getURI();

}
