java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/restapi/RestCollectionModifyView.java

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package com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi;

/**
 * RestView on a RestCollection that supports accepting input.
 *
 * <p>The input must be supplied as JSON as the body of the HTTP request. RestCollectionModifyViews
 * can be invoked by the HTTP methods {@code POST} and {@code DELETE} ({@code DELETE} is only
 * supported on child collections).
 *
 * @param <P> type of the parent resource
 * @param <C> type of the child resource
 * @param <I> type of input the JSON parser will parse the input into.
 */
public interface RestCollectionModifyView<P extends RestResource, C extends RestResource, I>
    extends RestCollectionView<P, C, I> {

  Object apply(P parentResource, I input) throws Exception;
}