/// <remarks>
/// The reason we have our own is to provide support for System.Web.Helpers.Validation.Unvalidated calls.
/// NOTE: This won't be needed once AR targets .NET 4.5.
/// </remarks>
private static string GetUnvalidatedHttpMethodOverride(HttpRequestBase request)
{
var httpMethod = request.HttpMethod;
// If not a post, method overrides don't apply.
if (!httpMethod.ValueEquals("POST"))
{
return httpMethod;
}
// Get the method override and if it's not for a GET or POST, then apply it.
var methodOverride = request.SafeGet(r => r.Headers["X-HTTP-Method-Override"]) ??
request.SafeGet(r => GetFormValue(r, "X-HTTP-Method-Override")) ??
request.SafeGet(r => GetQueryStringValue(r, "X-HTTP-Method-Override"));
if (methodOverride != null &&
(!methodOverride.ValueEquals("GET") && !methodOverride.ValueEquals("POST")))
{
return methodOverride;
}
// Otherwise, just return the http method.
return httpMethod;
}