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27
28 package org.apache.http.client.methods;
29
30 import java.net.URI;
31
32 import org.apache.http.annotation.NotThreadSafe;
33
34 /**
35 * HTTP PATCH method.
36 * <p>
37 * The HTTP PATCH method is defined in <a
38 * href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5789">RF5789</a>: <blockquote> The PATCH
39 * method requests that a set of changes described in the request entity be
40 * applied to the resource identified by the Request- URI. Differs from the PUT
41 * method in the way the server processes the enclosed entity to modify the
42 * resource identified by the Request-URI. In a PUT request, the enclosed entity
43 * origin server, and the client is requesting that the stored version be
44 * replaced. With PATCH, however, the enclosed entity contains a set of
45 * instructions describing how a resource currently residing on the origin
46 * server should be modified to produce a new version. </blockquote>
47 * </p>
48 *
49 * @since 4.2
50 */
51 @NotThreadSafe
52 public class HttpPatch extends HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase {
53
54 public final static String METHOD_NAME = "PATCH";
55
56 public HttpPatch() {
57 super();
58 }
59
60 public HttpPatch(final URI uri) {
61 super();
62 setURI(uri);
63 }
64
65 public HttpPatch(final String uri) {
66 super();
67 setURI(URI.create(uri));
68 }
69
70 @Override
71 public String getMethod() {
72 return METHOD_NAME;
73 }
74
75 }