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The Request Method Type

The MethodType property of an action item indicates what type of request messages it can process. The dispatcher compares the MethodType property of an action item to the MethodType of the request message. MethodType can take one of the following values:  

MethodType values  

Value 
Meaning 
mtGet  
The request is asking for the information associated with the target URI to be returned in a response message.  
mtHead  
The request is asking for the header properties of a response, as if servicing an mtGet request, but omitting the content of the response.  
mtPost  
The request is providing information to be posted to the Web application.  
mtPut  
The request asks that the resource associated with the target URI be replaced by the content of the request message.  
mtAny  
Matches any request method type, including mtGet, mtHead, mtPut, and mtPost.  
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