| Class | ActiveResource::Connection | 
| In: | lib/active_resource/connection.rb lib/active_resource/http_mock.rb | 
| Parent: | Object | 
Class to handle connections to remote web services. This class is used by ActiveResource::Base to interface with REST services.
| HTTP_FORMAT_HEADER_NAMES | = | { :get => 'Accept', :put => 'Content-Type', :post => 'Content-Type', :delete => 'Accept' | 
| format | [RW] | |
| password | [R] | |
| site | [R] | |
| timeout | [R] | |
| user | [R] | 
The site parameter is required and will set the site attribute to the URI for the remote resource service.
Execute a DELETE request (see HTTP protocol documentation if unfamiliar). Used to delete resources.
Execute a HEAD request. Used to obtain meta-information about resources, such as whether they exist and their size (via response headers).
Set the number of seconds after which HTTP requests to the remote service should time out.