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  * Copyright 1999-2002,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.

  * 

  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

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  * 

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 package org.apache.commons.latka.http;

 import java.net.URL;

 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod;

 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;

 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;

 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.HeadMethod;

 /**

  * This factory provides a single point to obtain

  * implementations of HttpMethod base.

  *

  * @version $Revision $

  */

 public final class MethodFactory {

     /**

      * Private default constructor

      */

     private MethodFactory() {

     }

     /**

      * Creates and returns an object implementing the

      * HttpMethod interface.

      *

      * @param method - method type to create

      * @return HttpMethod instance

      */

     public static HttpMethod getInstance(int method, URL url) {

         HttpMethod httpMethod = null;

         switch (method) {

             case Request.HTTP_METHOD_GET:

                 httpMethod = new GetMethod(url.getPath());

                 break;

             case Request.HTTP_METHOD_POST:

                 httpMethod = new PostMethod(url.getPath());

                 break;

             case Request.HTTP_METHOD_HEAD:

                 httpMethod = new HeadMethod(url.getPath());

                 break;

             default:

                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported HTTP Method");

         }

         return httpMethod;

     }

 }