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package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation;

import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.ValidationModeEnum;
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 to be used for the FHIR
 * validate method.
 *
 * 
 * Validate is used to accept a resource, and test whether it would be acceptable for
 * storing (e.g. using an update or create method)
 * 
 * 
 * FHIR Version Note: The validate operation was defined as a type operation in DSTU1
 * using a URL syntax like http://example.com/Patient/_validate. In DSTU2, validation
 * has been switched to being an extended operation using a URL syntax like
 * http://example.com/Patient/$validate, with a n
 * 
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(value = ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface Validate {

	/**
	 * The return type for this method. This generally does not need
	 * to be populated for a server implementation (using an IResourceProvider,
	 * since resource providers will return only one resource type per class,
	 * but generally does need to be populated for client implementations.
	 */
	// NB: Read, Search (maybe others) share this annotation, 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 "";

	/**
	 * Validation mode parameter annotation for the validation mode parameter (only supported
	 * in FHIR DSTU2+). Parameter must be of type {@link ValidationModeEnum}.
	 */
	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
	@Target(value = ElementType.PARAMETER)
	@interface Mode {
		// nothing
	}

	/**
	 * Validation mode parameter annotation for the validation URI parameter (only supported
	 * in FHIR DSTU2+). Parameter must be of type {@link String}.
	 */
	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
	@Target(value = ElementType.PARAMETER)
	@interface Profile {
		// nothing
	}
}