001package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation;
002
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022import java.lang.annotation.*;
023
024import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource;
025
026import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.ValidationModeEnum;
027
028/**
029 * RESTful method annotation to be used for the FHIR
030 * <a href="http://hl7.org/implement/standards/fhir/http.html#validate">validate</a> method.
031 * 
032 * <p>
033 * Validate is used to accept a resource, and test whether it would be acceptable for
034 * storing (e.g. using an update or create method)  
035 * </p>
036 * <p>
037 * <b>FHIR Version Note:</b> The validate operation was defined as a type operation in DSTU1
038 * using a URL syntax like <code>http://example.com/Patient/_validate</code>. In DSTU2, validation
039 * has been switched to being an extended operation using a URL syntax like 
040 * <code>http://example.com/Patient/$validate</code>, with a n 
041 * </p>
042 */
043@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
044@Target(value=ElementType.METHOD)
045public @interface Validate {
046
047        /**
048         * The return type for this method. This generally does not need
049         * to be populated for a server implementation (using an IResourceProvider, 
050         * since resource providers will return only one resource type per class, 
051         * but generally does need to be populated for client implementations. 
052         */
053        // NB: Read, Search (maybe others) share this annotation, so update the javadocs everywhere
054        Class<? extends IBaseResource> type() default IBaseResource.class;
055        
056        /**
057         * Validation mode parameter annotation for the validation mode parameter (only supported
058         * in FHIR DSTU2+). Parameter must be of type {@link ValidationModeEnum}.
059         */
060        @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
061        @Target(value=ElementType.PARAMETER)
062        @interface Mode {
063                // nothing
064        }
065        
066        /**
067         * Validation mode parameter annotation for the validation URI parameter (only supported
068         * in FHIR DSTU2+). Parameter must be of type {@link String}.
069         */
070        @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
071        @Target(value=ElementType.PARAMETER)
072        @interface Profile {
073                // nothing
074        }
075
076}