TechEmpower.FrameworkBenchmarks/php-kohana/system/classes/Kohana/HTTP/Request.php

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/**
 * A HTTP Request specific interface that adds the methods required
 * by HTTP requests. Over and above [Kohana_HTTP_Interaction], this
 * interface provides method, uri, get and post methods.
 *
 * @package    Kohana
 * @category   HTTP
 * @author     Kohana Team
 * @since      3.1.0
 * @copyright  (c) 2008-2012 Kohana Team
 * @license    http://kohanaphp.com/license
 */
interface Kohana_HTTP_Request extends HTTP_Message {

	// HTTP Methods
	const GET       = 'GET';
	const POST      = 'POST';
	const PUT       = 'PUT';
	const DELETE    = 'DELETE';
	const HEAD      = 'HEAD';
	const OPTIONS   = 'OPTIONS';
	const TRACE     = 'TRACE';
	const CONNECT   = 'CONNECT';

	/**
	 * Gets or sets the HTTP method. Usually GET, POST, PUT or DELETE in
	 * traditional CRUD applications.
	 *
	 * @param   string   $method  Method to use for this request
	 * @return  mixed
	 */
	public function method($method = NULL);

	/**
	 * Gets the URI of this request, optionally allows setting
	 * of [Route] specific parameters during the URI generation.
	 * If no parameters are passed, the request will use the
	 * default values defined in the Route.
	 *
	 * @param   array    $params  Optional parameters to include in uri generation
	 * @return  string
	 */
	public function uri();

	/**
	 * Gets or sets HTTP query string.
	 *
	 * @param   mixed   $key    Key or key value pairs to set
	 * @param   string  $value  Value to set to a key
	 * @return  mixed
	 */
	public function query($key = NULL, $value = NULL);

	/**
	 * Gets or sets HTTP POST parameters to the request.
	 *
	 * @param   mixed   $key   Key or key value pairs to set
	 * @param   string  $value Value to set to a key
	 * @return  mixed
	 */
	public function post($key = NULL, $value = NULL);

}