Implemented helper functions for converting between Strings and RKRequestMethod enum types.

Code/Network/RKRequest.m

@@ -36,6 +36,51 @@
 #import "RKParserRegistry.h"
 #import "RKRequestSerialization.h"
 
+NSString *RKRequestMethodNameFromType(RKRequestMethod method) {
+    switch (method) {
+        case RKRequestMethodGET:
+            return @"GET";
+            break;
+
+        case RKRequestMethodPOST:
+            return @"POST";
+            break;
+
+        case RKRequestMethodPUT:
+            return @"PUT";
+            break;
+
+        case RKRequestMethodDELETE:
+            return @"DELETE";
+            break;
+
+        case RKRequestMethodHEAD:
+            return @"HEAD";
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+
+    return nil;
+}
+
+RKRequestMethod RKRequestMethodTypeFromName(NSString *methodName) {
+    if ([methodName isEqualToString:@"GET"]) {
+        return RKRequestMethodGET;
+    } else if ([methodName isEqualToString:@"POST"]) {
+        return RKRequestMethodPOST;
+    } else if ([methodName isEqualToString:@"PUT"]) {
+        return RKRequestMethodPUT;
+    } else if ([methodName isEqualToString:@"DELETE"]) {
+        return RKRequestMethodDELETE;
+    } else if ([methodName isEqualToString:@"HEAD"]) {
+        return RKRequestMethodHEAD;
+    }
+
+    return RKRequestMethodInvalid;
+}
+
 // Set Logging Component
 #undef RKLogComponent
 #define RKLogComponent lcl_cRestKitNetwork