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package org.apache.http.client.methods;

import java.net.URI;

HTTP PATCH method.

The HTTP PATCH method is defined in RF5789:

 The PATCH
method requests that a set of changes described in the request entity be
applied to the resource identified by the Request- URI. Differs from the PUT
method in the way the server processes the enclosed entity to modify the
resource identified by the Request-URI. In a PUT request, the enclosed entity
origin server, and the client is requesting that the stored version be
replaced. With PATCH, however, the enclosed entity contains a set of
instructions describing how a resource currently residing on the origin
server should be modified to produce a new version.

Since:
4.2/**
 * HTTP PATCH method.
 * <p>
 * The HTTP PATCH method is defined in <a
 * href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5789">RF5789</a>:
 * </p>
 * <blockquote> The PATCH
 * method requests that a set of changes described in the request entity be
 * applied to the resource identified by the Request- URI. Differs from the PUT
 * method in the way the server processes the enclosed entity to modify the
 * resource identified by the Request-URI. In a PUT request, the enclosed entity
 * origin server, and the client is requesting that the stored version be
 * replaced. With PATCH, however, the enclosed entity contains a set of
 * instructions describing how a resource currently residing on the origin
 * server should be modified to produce a new version.
 * </blockquote>
 *
 * @since 4.2
 */
public class HttpPatch extends HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase {

    public final static String METHOD_NAME = "PATCH";

    public HttpPatch() {
        super();
    }

    public HttpPatch(final URI uri) {
        super();
        setURI(uri);
    }

    public HttpPatch(final String uri) {
        super();
        setURI(URI.create(uri));
    }

    @Override
    public String getMethod() {
        return METHOD_NAME;
    }

}