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.model.api.IResource;
/**
* RESTful method annotation to be used for the FHIR
* <a href="http://hl7.org/implement/standards/fhir/http.html#update">update</a> method.
*
* <p>
* Update is used to save an update to an existing resource (using its ID and optionally
* a version ID). It also may allow a client to save a new resource using an ID of its choosing.
* </p>
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(value=ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface Update {
/**
* The return type for this search method. This generally does not need
* to be populated for a server implementation, since servers will return
* only one resource per class, but generally does need to be populated
* for client implementations.
*/
// NB: Read, Search (maybe others) share this annotation, so update the javadocs everywhere
Class<? extends IResource> type() default IResource.class;
}