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020package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation;
021
022import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.ValidationModeEnum;
023import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource;
024
025import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
026import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
027import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
028import java.lang.annotation.Target;
029
030/**
031 * RESTful method annotation to be used for the FHIR
032 * <a href="http://hl7.org/implement/standards/fhir/http.html#validate">validate</a> method.
033 *
034 * <p>
035 * Validate is used to accept a resource, and test whether it would be acceptable for
036 * storing (e.g. using an update or create method)
037 * </p>
038 * <p>
039 * <b>FHIR Version Note:</b> The validate operation was defined as a type operation in DSTU1
040 * using a URL syntax like <code>http://example.com/Patient/_validate</code>. In DSTU2, validation
041 * has been switched to being an extended operation using a URL syntax like
042 * <code>http://example.com/Patient/$validate</code>, with a n
043 * </p>
044 */
045@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
046@Target(value = ElementType.METHOD)
047public @interface Validate {
048
049        /**
050         * The return type for this method. This generally does not need
051         * to be populated for a server implementation (using an IResourceProvider,
052         * since resource providers will return only one resource type per class,
053         * but generally does need to be populated for client implementations.
054         */
055        // NB: Read, Search (maybe others) share this annotation, so update the javadocs everywhere
056        Class<? extends IBaseResource> type() default IBaseResource.class;
057
058        /**
059         * This method allows the return type for this method to be specified in a
060         * non-type-specific way, using the text name of the resource, e.g. "Patient".
061         *
062         * This attribute should be populate, or {@link #type()} should be, but not both.
063         *
064         * @since 5.4.0
065         */
066        String typeName() default "";
067
068        /**
069         * Validation mode parameter annotation for the validation mode parameter (only supported
070         * in FHIR DSTU2+). Parameter must be of type {@link ValidationModeEnum}.
071         */
072        @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
073        @Target(value = ElementType.PARAMETER)
074        @interface Mode {
075                // nothing
076        }
077
078        /**
079         * Validation mode parameter annotation for the validation URI parameter (only supported
080         * in FHIR DSTU2+). Parameter must be of type {@link String}.
081         */
082        @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
083        @Target(value = ElementType.PARAMETER)
084        @interface Profile {
085                // nothing
086        }
087}