package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation;
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import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.IResourceProvider;
/**
* Denotes a parameter for a REST method which will contain the resource actually
* being created/updated/etc in an operation which contains a resource in the HTTP request.
* <p>
* For example, in a {@link Create} operation the method parameter annotated with this
* annotation will contain the actual resource being created.
* </p>
* <p>
* Parameters with this annotation should typically be of the type of resource being
* operated on (see below for an exception when raw data is required). For example, in a
* {@link IResourceProvider} for Patient resources, the parameter annotated with this
* annotation should be of type Patient.
* </p>
* <p>
* Note that in servers it is also acceptable to have parameters with this annotation
* which are of type {@link String} or of type <code>byte[]</code>. Parameters of
* these types will contain the raw/unparsed HTTP request body. It is fine to
* have multiple parameters with this annotation, so you can have one parameter
* which accepts the parsed resource, and another which accepts the raw request.
* </p>
*/
@Target(value=ElementType.PARAMETER)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface ResourceParam {
}