code: private boolean setDefaultMethod(HttpServletRequest httpServletReq, String attributeTargetClass, String httpMethod){
          if (com.ibm.ejs.ras.TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && logger.isLoggable(Level.FINE))
              logger.logp(Level.FINE, CLASS_NAME,"setDefaultMethod","set attribute checkdefaultmethod ["+httpMethod+"] , and ["+ attributeTargetClass+"]");
  
          httpServletReq.setAttribute("com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.security.checkdefaultmethod", httpMethod);
          httpServletReq.setAttribute(attributeTargetClass, "TRUE"); 
          return true;
      }
docs: PI08268