java - Where are the request method constants in the Servlet API?

Question

I want to write

if (POST.equals(req.getMethod()))

instead of

if ("POST".equals(req.getMethod()))

but I cannot find the constant definitions in the Servlet API (only looked in HttpServletRequest, where I expected them to be).

Where are they (I am using lots of libraries, so if someone else defines them, that would also work)?

Answer 1

It appears that Java EE 6 added the HTTP method names as constants to the javax.ws.rs.HttpMethod annotation interface. Depending on your setup, they may be available to you.

http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/api/javax/ws/rs/HttpMethod.html