SHOWMETHOD
When an object can support more operations
than are defined in this specification,
SHOWMETHOD allows a client to understand
the interface to that operation sufficiently
to allow the user to perform it interactively.
Required parameter field
- For-Method:
- This field contains only
the method name about which the client
is inquiring.
Preconditions
The methodname specified in the For-Method
field must have been previously issued
in a "Allowed:" field returned with
the given object.
The client should specify in Accept:
fields formats in which it can accept
the result. Possibilities are completely
machine-readable descriptions of
the method, allowing automatic addition
to menus, etc; forms in a form
language which all a human to give
parameters to the method, and a plain
human-readable description of the
method and its parameters which is
useful for information only.
Postcondidtion
SHOWMETHOD returns, if possible,
a form in a representation acceptable
to the client. This form will contain
instructions for ordering the operation,
and fields for the parameters.
A suitable language for the form
might be HTTP2, but any language
may be used which is acceptable to
the client.