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package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation;
import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.client.api.IBasicClient;
import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.client.api.IRestfulClient;
import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* RESTful method annotation used for a method which provides
* the FHIR "search" method.
*
* See the FHIR Search definition
* for more information.
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(value = ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface Search {
/**
* If specified, this the name for the Named Query
*
*
* See the FHIR specification section on
* named queries
*
*/
String queryName() default "";
/**
* If specified, this the name for the compartment
*
*
* See the FHIR specification section on
* compartments
*
*/
String compartmentName() default "";
/**
* The return type for this method. This generally does not need
* to be populated for IResourceProvider instances in a server implementation,
* but often does need to be populated in client implementations using {@link IBasicClient} or
* {@link IRestfulClient}, or in plain providers on a server.
*
* This value also does not need to be populated if the return type for a method annotated with
* this annotation is sufficient to determine the type of resource provided. E.g. if the
* method returns Patient or List<Patient>, the server/client
* will automatically determine that the Patient resource is the return type, and this value
* may be left blank.
*
*/
// NB: Read, Search (maybe others) share this annotation method, so update the javadocs everywhere
Class type() default IBaseResource.class;
/**
* This method allows the return type for this method to be specified in a
* non-type-specific way, using the text name of the resource, e.g. "Patient".
*
* This attribute should be populate, or {@link #type()} should be, but not both.
*
* @since 5.4.0
*/
String typeName() default "";
/**
* In a REST server, should this method be invoked even if it does not have method parameters
* which correspond to all of the URL parameters passed in by the client (default is false).
*
* Use this method with caution: Methods marked with a value of true will
* be greedy, meaning they may handle invocations you had intended to be handled by other
* search methods. Such a method may be invoked as long as any method parameters
* marked as {@link RequiredParam required} have been satisfied. If there are other methods
* which have parameters marked as {@link OptionalParam optional} which would technically be
* a better match, either the this method or the other method might be called.
*
*/
boolean allowUnknownParams() default false;
}