How to have a @PATCH annotation for JAX-RS?

Question

JAX-RS has annotations for HTTP verbs such as GET (@GET) and POST (@POST) but there is no @PATCH annotation. How

Answer 1

JAX-RS API 2.0.1 doesn't have PATCH. But, looking at JAX-RS API 2.2-SNAPSHOT code, PATCH is now included. The code is:

@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@HttpMethod(HttpMethod.PATCH)
@Documented
public @interface PATCH {
}

Here is the link.

You might use the same codes for remedy until 2.2 is out. For HttpMethod.PATCH, just replace it with "PATCH".