Running the command line below the response by the server is that the operation is not allowed:
C:\cURL -v -X TRACE http://<hostname>:8080/stat/
> < HTTP/1.1 405 Method Not Allowed
> < Connection: keep-alive
> < X-Powered-By: Undertow/1
> < Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=AWHV69Gt25Ql1r7zVfA1C90l.stattstapp1;
> path=/stat < Server: WildFly/8 < Content-Type: text/html <
> Content-Length: 105 < Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2016 19:33:43 GMT <
> * Connection #0 to host stattstapp1.es.gwu.edu left intact
> * Closing connection #0
> <html><head><title>Error</title></head><body>JBWEB004248: JSPs only
> permit GET POST or HEAD</body></html>-bash-4.1$
it gets the restriction for TRACE because only GET, POST, and HEAD are allowed.
