public function getHttpMethodOmissionsAsArray()
    {

        // initialize the array for the HTTP method omissions
        $httpMethodOmissions = array();

        // prepare the HTTP method omissions
        /** @var \AppserverIo\Appserver\Core\Api\Node\HttpMethodOmissionNode $httpMethodOmissionNode */
        foreach ($this->getHttpMethodOmissions() as $httpMethodOmissionNode) {
            $httpMethodOmissions[] = strtoupper($httpMethodOmissionNode->__toString());
        }

        // return the array with the HTTP method omissions
        return $httpMethodOmissions;
    }