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Jakarta JSON Processing defines a Java(R) based framework for parsing, generating, transforming, and querying JSON documents.

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 */

package jakarta.json;

/**
 * This interface represents an implementation of a JSON Merge Patch
 * as defined by RFC 7396.
 * 
 * A {@code JsonMergePatch} can be instantiated with {@link Json#createMergePatch(JsonValue)}
 * by specifying the patch operations in a JSON Merge Patch or using {@link Json#createMergeDiff(JsonValue, JsonValue)}
 * to create a JSON Merge Patch based on the difference between two {@code JsonValue}s.
 * 
 * The following illustrates both approaches.
 * 1. Construct a JsonMergePatch with an existing JSON Merge Patch.
 * 
{@code
 *   JsonValue contacts = ... ; // The target to be patched
 *   JsonValue patch = ...  ; // JSON Merge Patch
 *   JsonMergePatch mergePatch = Json.createMergePatch(patch);
 *   JsonValue result = mergePatch.apply(contacts);
 * } 
 * 2. Construct a JsonMergePatch from a difference between two {@code JsonValue}s.
 * {@code
 *   JsonValue source = ... ; // The source object
 *   JsonValue target = ... ; // The modified object
 *   JsonMergePatch mergePatch = Json.createMergeDiff(source, target); // The diff between source and target in a Json Merge Patch format
 * } 
 *
 * @see RFC 7396
 *
 * @since 1.1
 */
public interface JsonMergePatch {

    /**
     * Applies the JSON Merge Patch to the specified {@code target}.
     * The target is not modified by the patch.
     *
     * @param target the target to apply the merge patch
     * @return the transformed target after the patch
     */
    JsonValue apply(JsonValue target);

    /**
     * Returns the {@code JsonMergePatch} as {@code JsonValue}.
     *
     * @return this {@code JsonMergePatch} as {@code JsonValue}
     */
    JsonValue toJsonValue();
}