# Reopen com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.HttpMethod to add convenience methods.
class HttpMethod

  # Loosely compare HttpMethod with another object, accepting either an
  # HttpMethod instance or a symbol describing the method. Note that :any is a
  # special symbol which will always return true.
  #
  # @param [HttpMethod] other an HtmlUnit HttpMethod object
  # @param [Symbol] other a symbolized representation of an http method
  # @return [true/false]
  def ===(other)
    case other
    when HttpMethod
      super
    when :any
      true
    when :get
      self == self.class::GET
    when :post
      self == self.class::POST
    when :put
      self == self.class::PUT
    when :delete
      self == self.class::DELETE
    end
  end

end