| // Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project |
| // |
| // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
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| // |
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| |
| package com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi; |
| |
| /** |
| * Optional interface for {@link RestCollection}. |
| * <p> |
| * Collections that implement this interface can accept a {@code POST} directly |
| * on the collection itself when no id was given in the path. This interface is |
| * intended to be used with TopLevelResource collections. Nested collections |
| * often bind POST on the parent collection to the view implementation handling |
| * the insertion of a new member. |
| */ |
| public interface AcceptsPost<P extends RestResource> { |
| /** |
| * Handle creation of a child resource by POST on the collection. |
| * |
| * @param parent parent collection handle. |
| * @return a view to perform the creation. The id of the newly created |
| * resource should be determined from the input body. |
| * @throws RestApiException the view cannot be constructed. |
| */ |
| <I> RestModifyView<P, I> post(P parent) throws RestApiException; |
| } |
