What is the verb="*"?

Can any one tell me , when we register the custom HTTPHander in web.config like below

 <add verb="*" path="SampleHandler.new" 
    type="SampleHandler, SampleHandlerAssembly" />

in this What is the meaning of the verb="*" and what is the it's use?

What is the meaning of verb *?

Revised on 20 October 2022. A verb is a word that describes what the subject of a sentence is doing.

What's a verb example?

A verb is a word that we use to refer to actions (what things do) and states of being (how things are). For example, the words describe, eat, and rotate are verbs.

What are the 4 types of verbs?

There are four TYPES of verbs: intransitive, transitive, linking, and passive.

It means all HTTP verbs: GET, POST, HEAD, PUT and DELETE

The verb list can be either a comma-separated list of HTTP verbs (for example, "GET, PUT, POST") or a start-script mapping (for example, the wildcard character * [an asterisk]).

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