ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation

Annotation Type Validate

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value=METHOD)
public @interface Validate

RESTful method annotation to be used for the FHIR validate method.

Validate is used to accept a resource, and test whether it would be acceptable for storing (e.g. using an update or create method)

FHIR Version Note: The validate operation was defined as a type operation in DSTU1 using a URL syntax like http://example.com/Patient/_validate. In DSTU2, validation has been switched to being an extended operation using a URL syntax like http://example.com/Patient/$validate, with a n

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
Class<? extends IResource>	type The return type for this method.

Element Detail

type

public abstract Class<? extends IResource> type

The return type for this method. This generally does not need to be populated for a server implementation (using a IResourceProvider, since resource providers will return only one resource type per class, but generally does need to be populated for client implementations.

Default:

ca.uhn.fhir.model.api.IResource.class