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[PATCH] Add ability to set the request method when using the <http/> condition

           Summary: [PATCH] Add ability to set the request method when using
                    the <http/> condition
           Product: Ant
           Version: 1.7Alpha (nightly)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: Core tasks
        AssignedTo: dev@ant.apache.org
        ReportedBy: robert.clark@quest.com


Currently, the <http/> condition does an unconditional GET of a URL to
determine if it is available. This is generally not a problem unless you
need to check whether a large document is available. Then you have to 
download the whole thing.

The attached patch adds the ability to specify the HTTP request method when
checking a URL. This allows the use of an HTTP "HEAD" request to check to see 
if a document is available without downloading the whole document.

The patch is against the Ant HEAD branch as of this date and include a minor 
documentation change as well as the addition of a simple unit test for the
updated <http/> condition.

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