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The basic module that defines basic RxMicro annotations, required when using the REST architecture of building program systems.

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2020. https://rxmicro.io
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package io.rxmicro.rest.method;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Repeatable;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.SOURCE;

/**
 * Annotation that can be applied to method to signify the method receives a PATCH request.
 *
 * 
 * See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5789
 *
 * @author nedis
 * @see DELETE
 * @see GET
 * @see HEAD
 * @see OPTIONS
 * @see POST
 * @see PUT
 * @see io.rxmicro.rest.model.HttpMethod
 * @see HttpMethods
 * @since 0.1
 */
@Documented
@Retention(SOURCE)
@Target(METHOD)
@Repeatable(PATCH.List.class)
public @interface PATCH {

    /**
     * Returns the URI of the route.
     *
     * @return the URI of the route
     */
    String value();

    /**
     * Informs how the request parameters must be transferred via HTTP protocol: in the start line or in the request body.
     *
     * @return  {@code true} if HTTP body is used for transferring of http parameters,
     *          {@code false} if parameters are transferred via HTTP query string
     */
    boolean httpBody() default false;

    /**
     * Defines several {@link PATCH} annotations on the same element.
     *
     * @author nedis
     * @since 0.1
     */
    @Documented
    @Retention(SOURCE)
    @Target(METHOD)
    @interface List {

        /**
         * Returns the several {@link PATCH} annotations on the same element.
         *
         * @return the several {@link PATCH} annotations on the same element.
         */
        PATCH[] value();
    }
}