Refactor method outcomes abit

bormb.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+	@Override
+	public void invokeServer(RestfulServer theServer, Request theRequest, HttpServletResponse theResponse) throws BaseServerResponseException, IOException {
+		Object[] params = new Object[getParameters().size()];
+		for (int i = 0; i < getParameters().size(); i++) {
+			IParameter param = getParameters().get(i);
+			if (param != null) {
+				params[i] = param.translateQueryParametersIntoServerArgument(theRequest, null);
+			}
+		}
+
+		addParametersForServerRequest(theRequest, params);
+
+		MethodOutcome response = (MethodOutcome) invokeServerMethod(getProvider(), params);
+
+		if (response == null) {
+			if (myReturnVoid == false) {
+				throw new ConfigurationException("Method " + getMethod().getName() + " in type " + getMethod().getDeclaringClass().getCanonicalName() + " returned null");
+			} else {
+				theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT);
+			}
+		} else if (!myReturnVoid) {
+			if (response.isCreated()) {
+				theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_201_CREATED);
+				StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
+				b.append(theRequest.getFhirServerBase());
+				b.append('/');
+				b.append(getResourceName());
+				b.append('/');
+				b.append(response.getId().getValue());
+				if (response.getVersionId() != null && response.getVersionId().isEmpty() == false) {
+					b.append("/_history/");
+					b.append(response.getVersionId().getValue());
+				}
+				theResponse.addHeader("Location", b.toString());
+			} else {
+				theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_200_OK);
+			}
+		} else {
+			theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT);
+		}
+
+		theServer.addHeadersToResponse(theResponse);
+
+		Writer writer = theResponse.getWriter();
+		try {
+			if (response != null) {
+				OperationOutcome outcome = new OperationOutcome();
+				if (response.getOperationOutcome() != null && response.getOperationOutcome().getIssue() != null) {
+					outcome.getIssue().addAll(response.getOperationOutcome().getIssue());
+				}
+				EncodingUtil encoding = BaseMethodBinding.determineResponseEncoding(theRequest.getServletRequest(), theRequest.getParameters());
+				theResponse.setContentType(encoding.getResourceContentType());
+				IParser parser = encoding.newParser(getContext());
+				parser.encodeResourceToWriter(outcome, writer);
+			}
+		} finally {
+			writer.close();
+		}
+		// getMethod().in
+	}
+

bormbwrp.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+	@Override
+	public void invokeServer(RestfulServer theServer, Request theRequest, HttpServletResponse theResponse) throws BaseServerResponseException, IOException {
+		EncodingUtil encoding = BaseMethodBinding.determineResponseEncoding(theRequest.getServletRequest(), theRequest.getParameters());
+		IParser parser = encoding.newParser(getContext());
+		IResource resource = parser.parseResource(theRequest.getInputReader());
+
+		Object[] params = new Object[getParameters().size()];
+		for (int i = 0; i < getParameters().size(); i++) {
+			IParameter param = getParameters().get(i);
+			if (param == null) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			params[i] = param.translateQueryParametersIntoServerArgument(theRequest, resource);
+		}
+
+		addParametersForServerRequest(theRequest, params);
+
+		MethodOutcome response;
+		try {
+			response = (MethodOutcome) invokeServerMethod(getProvider(), params);
+		} catch (BaseServerResponseException e) {
+			streamOperationOutcome(e, theServer, encoding, theResponse);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (response == null) {
+			if (isReturnVoid() == false) {
+				throw new ConfigurationException("Method " + getMethod().getName() + " in type " + getMethod().getDeclaringClass().getCanonicalName() + " returned null");
+			}
+		} else if (!isReturnVoid()) {
+			if (response.isCreated()) {
+				theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_201_CREATED);
+				StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
+				b.append(theRequest.getFhirServerBase());
+				b.append('/');
+				b.append(getResourceName());
+				b.append('/');
+				b.append(response.getId().getValue());
+				if (response.getVersionId() != null && response.getVersionId().isEmpty() == false) {
+					b.append("/_history/");
+					b.append(response.getVersionId().getValue());
+				}
+				theResponse.addHeader("Location", b.toString());
+			} else {
+				theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_200_OK);
+			}
+		} else {
+			theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT);
+		}
+
+		theServer.addHeadersToResponse(theResponse);
+
+		if (response != null && response.getOperationOutcome() != null) {
+			theResponse.setContentType(encoding.getResourceContentType());
+			Writer writer = theResponse.getWriter();
+			try {
+				parser.encodeResourceToWriter(response.getOperationOutcome(), writer);
+			} finally {
+				writer.close();
+			}
+		} else {
+			theResponse.setContentType(Constants.CT_TEXT);
+			Writer writer = theResponse.getWriter();
+			writer.close();
+		}
+
+		// getMethod().in
+	}

hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/api/MethodOutcome.java

@@ -26,28 +26,35 @@ import ca.uhn.fhir.model.primitive.IdDt;
 public class MethodOutcome {
 
 	private IdDt myId;
-	private IdDt myVersionId;
-	private boolean myCreated;
 	private OperationOutcome myOperationOutcome;
+	private IdDt myVersionId;
 
 	public MethodOutcome() {
 	}
 
 	public MethodOutcome(IdDt theId) {
-		myId=theId;
+		myId = theId;
 	}
 
-	public MethodOutcome(boolean theCreated, IdDt theId, IdDt theVersionId) {
+	public MethodOutcome(IdDt theId, IdDt theVersionId) {
-		super();
 		myId = theId;
 		myVersionId = theVersionId;
-		myCreated=theCreated;
+	}
+
+	public MethodOutcome(IdDt theId, IdDt theVersionId, OperationOutcome theOperationOutcome) {
+		myId = theId;
+		myVersionId = theVersionId;
+		myOperationOutcome = theOperationOutcome;
 	}
 
 	public IdDt getId() {
 		return myId;
 	}
 
+	public OperationOutcome getOperationOutcome() {
+		return myOperationOutcome;
+	}
+
 	public IdDt getVersionId() {
 		return myVersionId;
 	}
@@ -56,32 +63,12 @@ public class MethodOutcome {
 		myId = theId;
 	}
 
+	public void setOperationOutcome(OperationOutcome theOperationOutcome) {
+		myOperationOutcome = theOperationOutcome;
+	}
+
 	public void setVersionId(IdDt theVersionId) {
 		myVersionId = theVersionId;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Set to <code>true</code> if the method resulted in the creation of a new resource. Set to 
-	 * <code>false</code> if the method resulted in an update/modification/removal to an existing resource.
-	 */
-	public boolean isCreated() {
-		return myCreated;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Set to <code>true</code> if the method resulted in the creation of a new resource. Set to 
-	 * <code>false</code> if the method resulted in an update/modification/removal to an existing resource.
-	 */
-	public void setCreated(boolean theCreated) {
-		myCreated=theCreated;
-	}
-
-	public void setOperationOutcome(OperationOutcome theOperationOutcome) {
-		myOperationOutcome=theOperationOutcome;
-	}
-
-	public OperationOutcome getOperationOutcome() {
-		return myOperationOutcome;
-	}
-
 }

hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/method/BaseMethodBinding.java

@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ public abstract class BaseMethodBinding {
 
 	protected Object invokeServerMethod(Object theResourceProvider, Object[] theMethodParams) {
 		try {
-			return getMethod().invoke(theResourceProvider, theMethodParams);
+			Method method = getMethod();
+			return method.invoke(theResourceProvider, theMethodParams);
 		} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
 			if (e.getCause() instanceof BaseServerResponseException) {
 				throw (BaseServerResponseException) e.getCause();

hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/method/BaseOutcomeReturningMethodBinding.java

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import ca.uhn.fhir.context.ConfigurationException;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.context.FhirContext;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.model.api.IResource;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.model.dstu.resource.OperationOutcome;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.model.dstu.valueset.RestfulOperationTypeEnum;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.model.primitive.IdDt;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.parser.IParser;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.MethodOutcome;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.Constants;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.EncodingUtil;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.RestfulServer;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.exceptions.BaseServerResponseException;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.exceptions.InternalErrorException;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.exceptions.InvalidRequestException;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.exceptions.MethodNotAllowedException;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException;
@@ -65,13 +67,11 @@ abstract class BaseOutcomeReturningMethodBinding extends BaseMethodBinding {
 
 		if (!theMethod.getReturnType().equals(MethodOutcome.class)) {
 			if (!allowVoidReturnType()) {
-				throw new ConfigurationException("Method " + theMethod.getName() + " in type " + theMethod.getDeclaringClass().getCanonicalName() + " is a @" + theMethodAnnotation.getSimpleName()
+				throw new ConfigurationException("Method " + theMethod.getName() + " in type " + theMethod.getDeclaringClass().getCanonicalName() + " is a @" + theMethodAnnotation.getSimpleName() + " method but it does not return " + MethodOutcome.class);
-						+ " method but it does not return " + MethodOutcome.class);
 			} else if (theMethod.getReturnType() == void.class) {
 				myReturnVoid = true;
 			}
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -138,67 +138,176 @@ abstract class BaseOutcomeReturningMethodBinding extends BaseMethodBinding {
 
 	}
 
+	protected void streamOperationOutcome(BaseServerResponseException theE, RestfulServer theServer, EncodingUtil theEncoding, HttpServletResponse theResponse) throws IOException {
+		theResponse.setStatus(theE.getStatusCode());
+
+		theServer.addHeadersToResponse(theResponse);
+
+		if (theE.getOperationOutcome() != null) {
+			theResponse.setContentType(theEncoding.getResourceContentType());
+			IParser parser = theEncoding.newParser(theServer.getFhirContext());
+
+			Writer writer = theResponse.getWriter();
+			try {
+				parser.encodeResourceToWriter(theE.getOperationOutcome(), writer);
+			} finally {
+				writer.close();
+			}
+		} else {
+			theResponse.setContentType(Constants.CT_TEXT);
+			Writer writer = theResponse.getWriter();
+			try {
+				writer.append(theE.getMessage());
+			} finally {
+				writer.close();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * @Override public void invokeServer(RestfulServer theServer, Request
+	 * theRequest, HttpServletResponse theResponse) throws
+	 * BaseServerResponseException, IOException { Object[] params = new
+	 * Object[getParameters().size()]; for (int i = 0; i <
+	 * getParameters().size(); i++) { IParameter param = getParameters().get(i);
+	 * if (param != null) { params[i] =
+	 * param.translateQueryParametersIntoServerArgument(theRequest, null); } }
+	 * 
+	 * addParametersForServerRequest(theRequest, params);
+	 * 
+	 * MethodOutcome response = (MethodOutcome)
+	 * invokeServerMethod(getProvider(), params);
+	 * 
+	 * if (response == null) { if (myReturnVoid == false) { throw new
+	 * ConfigurationException("Method " + getMethod().getName() + " in type " +
+	 * getMethod().getDeclaringClass().getCanonicalName() + " returned null"); }
+	 * else { theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT); } }
+	 * else if (!myReturnVoid) { if (response.isCreated()) {
+	 * theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_201_CREATED); StringBuilder b
+	 * = new StringBuilder(); b.append(theRequest.getFhirServerBase());
+	 * b.append('/'); b.append(getResourceName()); b.append('/');
+	 * b.append(response.getId().getValue()); if (response.getVersionId() !=
+	 * null && response.getVersionId().isEmpty() == false) {
+	 * b.append("/_history/"); b.append(response.getVersionId().getValue()); }
+	 * theResponse.addHeader("Location", b.toString()); } else {
+	 * theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_200_OK); } } else {
+	 * theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT); }
+	 * 
+	 * theServer.addHeadersToResponse(theResponse);
+	 * 
+	 * Writer writer = theResponse.getWriter(); try { if (response != null) {
+	 * OperationOutcome outcome = new OperationOutcome(); if
+	 * (response.getOperationOutcome() != null &&
+	 * response.getOperationOutcome().getIssue() != null) {
+	 * outcome.getIssue().addAll(response.getOperationOutcome().getIssue()); }
+	 * EncodingUtil encoding =
+	 * BaseMethodBinding.determineResponseEncoding(theRequest
+	 * .getServletRequest(), theRequest.getParameters());
+	 * theResponse.setContentType(encoding.getResourceContentType()); IParser
+	 * parser = encoding.newParser(getContext());
+	 * parser.encodeResourceToWriter(outcome, writer); } } finally {
+	 * writer.close(); } // getMethod().in }
+	 */
+
 	@Override
 	public void invokeServer(RestfulServer theServer, Request theRequest, HttpServletResponse theResponse) throws BaseServerResponseException, IOException {
+		EncodingUtil encoding = BaseMethodBinding.determineResponseEncoding(theRequest.getServletRequest(), theRequest.getParameters());
+		IParser parser = encoding.newParser(getContext());
+		IResource resource;
+		if (requestContainsResource()) {
+			resource = parser.parseResource(theRequest.getInputReader());
+		} else {
+			resource = null;
+		}
+
 		Object[] params = new Object[getParameters().size()];
 		for (int i = 0; i < getParameters().size(); i++) {
 			IParameter param = getParameters().get(i);
-			if (param != null) {
+			if (param == null) {
-				params[i] = param.translateQueryParametersIntoServerArgument(theRequest, null);
+				continue;
 			}
+			params[i] = param.translateQueryParametersIntoServerArgument(theRequest, resource);
 		}
 
 		addParametersForServerRequest(theRequest, params);
 
-		MethodOutcome response = (MethodOutcome) invokeServerMethod(getProvider(), params);
+		MethodOutcome response;
+		try {
+			response = (MethodOutcome) invokeServerMethod(getProvider(), params);
+		} catch (InternalErrorException e) {
+			ourLog.error("Internal error during method invocation", e);
+			streamOperationOutcome(e, theServer, encoding, theResponse);
+			return;
+		} catch (BaseServerResponseException e) {
+			ourLog.info("Exception during method invocation: "+e.getMessage());
+			streamOperationOutcome(e, theServer, encoding, theResponse);
+			return;
+		}
 
-		if (response == null) {
+		if (getResourceOperationType() == RestfulOperationTypeEnum.CREATE) {
-			if (myReturnVoid == false) {
+			if (response == null) {
-				throw new ConfigurationException("Method " + getMethod().getName() + " in type " + getMethod().getDeclaringClass().getCanonicalName() + " returned null");
+				throw new InternalErrorException("Method " + getMethod().getName() + " in type " + getMethod().getDeclaringClass().getCanonicalName() + " returned null, which is not allowed for create operation");
-			} else {
-				theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT);
 			}
-		} else if (!myReturnVoid) {
+			theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_201_CREATED);
-			if (response.isCreated()) {
+			addLocationHeader(theRequest, theResponse, response);
-				theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_201_CREATED);
+		} else if (response == null) {
-				StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
+			if (isReturnVoid() == false) {
-				b.append(theRequest.getFhirServerBase());
+				throw new InternalErrorException("Method " + getMethod().getName() + " in type " + getMethod().getDeclaringClass().getCanonicalName() + " returned null");
-				b.append('/');
+			}
-				b.append(getResourceName());
+			theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT);
-				b.append('/');
+		} else {
-				b.append(response.getId().getValue());
+			if (response.getOperationOutcome() == null) {
-				if (response.getVersionId() != null && response.getVersionId().isEmpty() == false) {
+				theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT);
-					b.append("/_history/");
-					b.append(response.getVersionId().getValue());
-				}
-				theResponse.addHeader("Location", b.toString());
 			} else {
 				theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_200_OK);
 			}
-		} else {
+			if (getResourceOperationType() == RestfulOperationTypeEnum.UPDATE) {
-			theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT);
+				addLocationHeader(theRequest, theResponse, response);
+			}
+
 		}
 
 		theServer.addHeadersToResponse(theResponse);
 
-		Writer writer = theResponse.getWriter();
+		if (response != null && response.getOperationOutcome() != null) {
-		try {
+			theResponse.setContentType(encoding.getResourceContentType());
-			if (response != null) {
+			Writer writer = theResponse.getWriter();
-				OperationOutcome outcome = new OperationOutcome();
+			try {
-				if (response.getOperationOutcome() != null && response.getOperationOutcome().getIssue() != null) {
+				parser.encodeResourceToWriter(response.getOperationOutcome(), writer);
-					outcome.getIssue().addAll(response.getOperationOutcome().getIssue());
+			} finally {
-				}
+				writer.close();
-				EncodingUtil encoding = BaseMethodBinding.determineResponseEncoding(theRequest.getServletRequest(), theRequest.getParameters());
-				theResponse.setContentType(encoding.getResourceContentType());
-				IParser parser = encoding.newParser(getContext());
-				parser.encodeResourceToWriter(outcome, writer);
 			}
-		} finally {
+		} else {
+			theResponse.setContentType(Constants.CT_TEXT);
+			Writer writer = theResponse.getWriter();
 			writer.close();
 		}
+
 		// getMethod().in
 	}
 
+	private void addLocationHeader(Request theRequest, HttpServletResponse theResponse, MethodOutcome response) {
+		StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
+		b.append(theRequest.getFhirServerBase());
+		b.append('/');
+		b.append(getResourceName());
+		b.append('/');
+		b.append(response.getId().getValue());
+		if (response.getVersionId() != null && response.getVersionId().isEmpty() == false) {
+			b.append("/_history/");
+			b.append(response.getVersionId().getValue());
+		}
+		theResponse.addHeader("Location", b.toString());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Subclasses may override if the incoming request should not contain a
+	 * resource
+	 */
+	protected boolean requestContainsResource() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	protected abstract void addParametersForServerRequest(Request theRequest, Object[] theParams);
 
 	public boolean isReturnVoid() {
@@ -225,14 +334,15 @@ abstract class BaseOutcomeReturningMethodBinding extends BaseMethodBinding {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * For servers, this method will match only incoming requests 
+	 * For servers, this method will match only incoming requests that match the
-	 * that match the given operation, or which have no operation in the
+	 * given operation, or which have no operation in the URL if this method
-	 * URL if this method returns null.
+	 * returns null.
 	 */
 	protected abstract String getMatchingOperation();
-	
+
 	/**
-	 * Subclasses may override to allow a void method return type, which is allowable for some methods (e.g. delete)
+	 * Subclasses may override to allow a void method return type, which is
+	 * allowable for some methods (e.g. delete)
 	 */
 	protected boolean allowVoidReturnType() {
 		return false;

hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/method/BaseOutcomeReturningMethodBindingWithResourceParam.java

@@ -75,100 +75,9 @@ abstract class BaseOutcomeReturningMethodBindingWithResourceParam extends BaseOu
 		// nothing
 	}
 
-	@Override
+	
-	public void invokeServer(RestfulServer theServer, Request theRequest, HttpServletResponse theResponse) throws BaseServerResponseException, IOException {
-		EncodingUtil encoding = BaseMethodBinding.determineResponseEncoding(theRequest.getServletRequest(), theRequest.getParameters());
-		IParser parser = encoding.newParser(getContext());
-		IResource resource = parser.parseResource(theRequest.getInputReader());
 
-		Object[] params = new Object[getParameters().size()];
+	
-		for (int i = 0; i < getParameters().size(); i++) {
-			IParameter param = getParameters().get(i);
-			if (param == null) {
-				continue;
-			}
-			params[i] = param.translateQueryParametersIntoServerArgument(theRequest, resource);
-		}
-
-		addParametersForServerRequest(theRequest, params);
-
-		MethodOutcome response;
-		try {
-			response = (MethodOutcome) invokeServerMethod(getProvider(), params);
-		} catch (BaseServerResponseException e) {
-			streamOperationOutcome(e, theServer, encoding, theResponse);
-			return;
-		}
-
-		if (response == null) {
-			if (isReturnVoid() == false) {
-				throw new ConfigurationException("Method " + getMethod().getName() + " in type " + getMethod().getDeclaringClass().getCanonicalName() + " returned null");
-			}
-		} else if (!isReturnVoid()) {
-			if (response.isCreated()) {
-				theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_201_CREATED);
-				StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
-				b.append(theRequest.getFhirServerBase());
-				b.append('/');
-				b.append(getResourceName());
-				b.append('/');
-				b.append(response.getId().getValue());
-				if (response.getVersionId() != null && response.getVersionId().isEmpty() == false) {
-					b.append("/_history/");
-					b.append(response.getVersionId().getValue());
-				}
-				theResponse.addHeader("Location", b.toString());
-			} else {
-				theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_200_OK);
-			}
-		} else {
-			theResponse.setStatus(Constants.STATUS_HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT);
-		}
-
-		theServer.addHeadersToResponse(theResponse);
-
-		if (response != null && response.getOperationOutcome() != null) {
-			theResponse.setContentType(encoding.getResourceContentType());
-			Writer writer = theResponse.getWriter();
-			try {
-				parser.encodeResourceToWriter(response.getOperationOutcome(), writer);
-			} finally {
-				writer.close();
-			}
-		} else {
-			theResponse.setContentType(Constants.CT_TEXT);
-			Writer writer = theResponse.getWriter();
-			writer.close();
-		}
-
-		// getMethod().in
-	}
-
-	private void streamOperationOutcome(BaseServerResponseException theE, RestfulServer theServer, EncodingUtil theEncoding, HttpServletResponse theResponse) throws IOException {
-		theResponse.setStatus(theE.getStatusCode());
-
-		theServer.addHeadersToResponse(theResponse);
-
-		if (theE.getOperationOutcome() != null) {
-			theResponse.setContentType(theEncoding.getResourceContentType());
-			IParser parser = theEncoding.newParser(theServer.getFhirContext());
-
-			Writer writer = theResponse.getWriter();
-			try {
-				parser.encodeResourceToWriter(theE.getOperationOutcome(), writer);
-			} finally {
-				writer.close();
-			}
-		} else {
-			theResponse.setContentType(Constants.CT_TEXT);
-			Writer writer = theResponse.getWriter();
-			try {
-				writer.append(theE.getMessage());
-			} finally {
-				writer.close();
-			}
-		}
-	}
 
 	@Override
 	public String getResourceName() {

hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/method/CreateMethodBinding.java

@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.method.SearchMethodBinding.RequestType;
 
 public class CreateMethodBinding extends BaseOutcomeReturningMethodBindingWithResourceParam {
 
-	
-
 	public CreateMethodBinding(Method theMethod, FhirContext theContext, Object theProvider) {
 		super(theMethod, theContext, Create.class, theProvider);
 	}

hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/method/DeleteMethodBinding.java

@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ public class DeleteMethodBinding extends BaseOutcomeReturningMethodBinding {
 
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	protected boolean requestContainsResource() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	protected boolean allowVoidReturnType() {
 		return true;

hapi-fhir-base/src/site/example/java/example/RestfulPatientResourceProviderMore.java

@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ public MethodOutcome createPatient(@ResourceParam Patient thePatient) {
   // This method returns a MethodOutcome object which contains
   // the ID and Version ID for the newly saved resource
   MethodOutcome retVal = new MethodOutcome();
-  retVal.setCreated(true);
   retVal.setId(new IdDt("3746"));
   retVal.setVersionId(new IdDt("1"));
   
@@ -341,7 +340,6 @@ public MethodOutcome updatePatient(@IdParam IdDt theId, @ResourceParam Patient t
   // This method returns a MethodOutcome object which contains
   // the ID and Version ID for the newly saved resource
   MethodOutcome retVal = new MethodOutcome();
-  retVal.setCreated(true);
   retVal.setId(theId);
   retVal.setVersionId(new IdDt("2")); // Leave this blank if the server doesn't version
   

hapi-fhir-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/ResfulServerMethodTest.java

@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 		assertEquals("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient/001/_history/002", status.getFirstHeader("Location").getValue());
 
 	}
-	
+
-	
 	@Test
 	public void testCreateWithUnprocessableEntity() throws Exception {
 
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 		ourLog.info("Response was:\n{}", responseContent);
 
 		assertEquals(422, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
-		
+
 		OperationOutcome outcome = new FhirContext().newXmlParser().parseResource(OperationOutcome.class, new StringReader(responseContent));
 		assertEquals("FOOBAR", outcome.getIssueFirstRep().getDetails().getValue());
 
@@ -244,7 +243,8 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
 
 		Patient patient = (Patient) ourCtx.newJsonParser().parseResource(responseContent);
-		// assertEquals("PatientOne", patient.getName().get(0).getGiven().get(0).getValue());
+		// assertEquals("PatientOne",
+		// patient.getName().get(0).getGiven().get(0).getValue());
 
 		ourLog.info(ourCtx.newXmlParser().setPrettyPrint(true).encodeResourceToString(patient));
 
@@ -371,10 +371,12 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 	// @Test
 	// public void testSearchByComplex() throws Exception {
 	//
-	// HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient?Patient.identifier=urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.3.239.18.148%7C7000135&name=urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.12201.102.5%7C522&date=");
+	// HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://localhost:" + ourPort +
+	// "/Patient?Patient.identifier=urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.3.239.18.148%7C7000135&name=urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.12201.102.5%7C522&date=");
 	// HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpGet);
 	//
-	// String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
+	// String responseContent =
+	// IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
 	// ourLog.info("Response was:\n{}", responseContent);
 	//
 	// assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
@@ -586,7 +588,6 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 
 	}
 
-	
 	@Test
 	public void testSearchByDobWithSearchActionAndPost() throws Exception {
 
@@ -605,8 +606,8 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 		assertEquals("NONE", patient.getIdentifier().get(1).getValue().getValue());
 		assertEquals("2011-01-02", patient.getIdentifier().get(2).getValue().getValue());
 
-		// POST 
+		// POST
-		
+
 		HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient/_search?dob=2011-01-02");
 		status = ourClient.execute(httpPost);
 
@@ -622,8 +623,8 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 		assertEquals("NONE", patient.getIdentifier().get(1).getValue().getValue());
 		assertEquals("2011-01-02", patient.getIdentifier().get(2).getValue().getValue());
 
-		// POST with form encoded 
+		// POST with form encoded
-		
+
 		httpPost = new HttpPost("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient/_search");
 		List<BasicNameValuePair> urlParameters = new ArrayList<BasicNameValuePair>();
 		urlParameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("dob", "2011-01-02"));
@@ -642,9 +643,8 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 		assertEquals("NONE", patient.getIdentifier().get(1).getValue().getValue());
 		assertEquals("2011-01-02", patient.getIdentifier().get(2).getValue().getValue());
 
-		
 	}
-	
+
 	@Test
 	public void testSearchByMultipleIdentifiers() throws Exception {
 
@@ -851,64 +851,50 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
 		ourLog.info("Response was:\n{}", responseContent);
 
-		assertEquals(201, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+		OperationOutcome oo =new FhirContext().newXmlParser().parseResource(OperationOutcome.class, responseContent);
+		assertEquals("OODETAILS", oo.getIssueFirstRep().getDetails().getValue());
+		
+		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
 		assertEquals("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient/001/_history/002", status.getFirstHeader("Location").getValue());
 
 	}
+
 	
 	@Test
-	public void testValidate() throws Exception {
+	public void testUpdateWrongResourceType() throws Exception {
 
+		// TODO: this method sends in the wrong resource type vs. the URL so it should
+		// give a useful error message
 		Patient patient = new Patient();
-		patient.addName().addFamily("FOO");
+		patient.addIdentifier().setValue("002");
 
-		HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient/_validate");
+		HttpPut httpPost = new HttpPut("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/DiagnosticReport/001");
 		httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(new FhirContext().newXmlParser().encodeResourceToString(patient), ContentType.create(Constants.CT_FHIR_XML, "UTF-8")));
 
 		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpPost);
 
-		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
+		assertEquals(201, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
-		ourLog.info("Response was:\n{}", responseContent);
+		assertEquals("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/DiagnosticReport/001/_history/002", status.getFirstHeader("Location").getValue());
-
-		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
-		OperationOutcome oo = new FhirContext().newXmlParser().parseResource(OperationOutcome.class, responseContent);
-		assertEquals("it passed", oo.getIssueFirstRep().getDetails().getValue());
-
-		// Now should fail
-		
-		patient = new Patient();
-		patient.addName().addFamily("BAR");
-
-		httpPost = new HttpPost("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient/_validate");
-		httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(new FhirContext().newXmlParser().encodeResourceToString(patient), ContentType.create(Constants.CT_FHIR_XML, "UTF-8")));
-
-		status = ourClient.execute(httpPost);
-
-		responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
-		ourLog.info("Response was:\n{}", responseContent);
-
-		assertEquals(422, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
-		oo = new FhirContext().newXmlParser().parseResource(OperationOutcome.class, responseContent);
-		assertEquals("it failed", oo.getIssueFirstRep().getDetails().getValue());
-
-		// Should fail with outcome
-		
-		patient = new Patient();
-		patient.addName().addFamily("BAZ");
-
-		httpPost = new HttpPost("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient/_validate");
-		httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(new FhirContext().newXmlParser().encodeResourceToString(patient), ContentType.create(Constants.CT_FHIR_XML, "UTF-8")));
-
-		status = ourClient.execute(httpPost);
-
-		responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
-		ourLog.info("Response was:\n{}", responseContent);
-
-		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
-		assertEquals("", responseContent);
 
 	}
 	
+	@Test
+	public void testUpdateNoResponse() throws Exception {
+
+		DiagnosticReport dr = new DiagnosticReport();
+		dr.addCodedDiagnosis().addCoding().setCode("AAA");
+
+		HttpPut httpPost = new HttpPut("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/DiagnosticReport/001");
+		httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(new FhirContext().newXmlParser().encodeResourceToString(dr), ContentType.create(Constants.CT_FHIR_XML, "UTF-8")));
+
+		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpPost);
+
+		assertEquals(204, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+		assertEquals("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/DiagnosticReport/001/_history/002", status.getFirstHeader("Location").getValue());
+
+	}
+	
+	
 	@Test
 	public void testUpdateWithVersion() throws Exception {
 
@@ -946,6 +932,59 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 		assertEquals(400, results.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testValidate() throws Exception {
+
+		Patient patient = new Patient();
+		patient.addName().addFamily("FOO");
+
+		HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient/_validate");
+		httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(new FhirContext().newXmlParser().encodeResourceToString(patient), ContentType.create(Constants.CT_FHIR_XML, "UTF-8")));
+
+		HttpResponse status = ourClient.execute(httpPost);
+
+		String responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
+		ourLog.info("Response was:\n{}", responseContent);
+
+		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+		OperationOutcome oo = new FhirContext().newXmlParser().parseResource(OperationOutcome.class, responseContent);
+		assertEquals("it passed", oo.getIssueFirstRep().getDetails().getValue());
+
+		// Now should fail
+
+		patient = new Patient();
+		patient.addName().addFamily("BAR");
+
+		httpPost = new HttpPost("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient/_validate");
+		httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(new FhirContext().newXmlParser().encodeResourceToString(patient), ContentType.create(Constants.CT_FHIR_XML, "UTF-8")));
+
+		status = ourClient.execute(httpPost);
+
+		responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
+		ourLog.info("Response was:\n{}", responseContent);
+
+		assertEquals(422, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+		oo = new FhirContext().newXmlParser().parseResource(OperationOutcome.class, responseContent);
+		assertEquals("it failed", oo.getIssueFirstRep().getDetails().getValue());
+
+		// Should fail with outcome
+
+		patient = new Patient();
+		patient.addName().addFamily("BAZ");
+
+		httpPost = new HttpPost("http://localhost:" + ourPort + "/Patient/_validate");
+		httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(new FhirContext().newXmlParser().encodeResourceToString(patient), ContentType.create(Constants.CT_FHIR_XML, "UTF-8")));
+
+		status = ourClient.execute(httpPost);
+
+		responseContent = IOUtils.toString(status.getEntity().getContent());
+		ourLog.info("Response was:\n{}", responseContent);
+
+		assertEquals(200, status.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+		assertEquals("", responseContent);
+
+	}
+
 	@AfterClass
 	public static void afterClass() throws Exception {
 		ourServer.stop();
@@ -985,6 +1024,14 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 			throw new ResourceNotFoundException("AAAABBBB");
 		}
 
+		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+		@Create()
+		public MethodOutcome createDiagnosticReport(@ResourceParam DiagnosticReport thePatient) {
+			OperationOutcome outcome = new OperationOutcome();
+			outcome.addIssue().setDetails("FOOBAR");
+			throw new UnprocessableEntityException(outcome);
+		}
+
 		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 		@Delete()
 		public void deleteDiagnosticReport(@IdParam IdDt theId) {
@@ -998,21 +1045,12 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 
 		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 		@Update()
-		public MethodOutcome updateDiagnosticReportWithVersion(@IdParam IdDt theId, @VersionIdParam IdDt theVersionId, @ResourceParam DiagnosticReport thePatient) {
+		public MethodOutcome updateDiagnosticReportWithVersionAndNoResponse(@IdParam IdDt theId, @ResourceParam DiagnosticReport thePatient) {
 			IdDt id = theId;
-			IdDt version = theVersionId;
+			IdDt version = new IdDt("002");
-			return new MethodOutcome(true, id, version);
+			return new MethodOutcome(id, version);
 		}
 
-		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-		@Create()
-		public MethodOutcome createDiagnosticReport(@ResourceParam DiagnosticReport thePatient) {
-			OperationOutcome outcome = new OperationOutcome();
-			outcome.addIssue().setDetails("FOOBAR");
-			throw new UnprocessableEntityException(outcome);
-		}
-
-		
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1024,37 +1062,7 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 		public MethodOutcome createPatient(@ResourceParam Patient thePatient) {
 			IdDt id = new IdDt(thePatient.getIdentifier().get(0).getValue().getValue());
 			IdDt version = new IdDt(thePatient.getIdentifier().get(1).getValue().getValue());
-			return new MethodOutcome(true, id, version);
+			return new MethodOutcome(id, version);
-		}
-
-		@Validate()
-		public MethodOutcome validatePatient(@ResourceParam Patient thePatient) {
-			if (thePatient.getNameFirstRep().getFamilyFirstRep().getValueNotNull().equals("FOO")) {
-				MethodOutcome methodOutcome = new MethodOutcome();
-				OperationOutcome oo = new OperationOutcome();
-				oo.addIssue().setDetails("it passed");
-				methodOutcome.setOperationOutcome(oo);
-				return methodOutcome;
-			}
-			if (thePatient.getNameFirstRep().getFamilyFirstRep().getValueNotNull().equals("BAR")) {
-				throw new UnprocessableEntityException("it failed");
-			}
-			return new MethodOutcome();
-		}
-
-		
-		private Patient createPatient1() {
-			Patient patient = new Patient();
-			patient.addIdentifier();
-			patient.getIdentifier().get(0).setUse(IdentifierUseEnum.OFFICIAL);
-			patient.getIdentifier().get(0).setSystem(new UriDt("urn:hapitest:mrns"));
-			patient.getIdentifier().get(0).setValue("00001");
-			patient.addName();
-			patient.getName().get(0).addFamily("Test");
-			patient.getName().get(0).addGiven("PatientOne");
-			patient.getGender().setText("M");
-			patient.getId().setValue("1");
-			return patient;
 		}
 
 		@Delete()
@@ -1066,8 +1074,8 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 		}
 
 		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-		public List<Patient> findDiagnosticReportsByPatient(@RequiredParam(name = "Patient.identifier") IdentifierDt thePatientId,
+		public List<Patient> findDiagnosticReportsByPatient(@RequiredParam(name = "Patient.identifier") IdentifierDt thePatientId, @RequiredParam(name = DiagnosticReport.SP_NAME) CodingListParam theNames, @OptionalParam(name = DiagnosticReport.SP_DATE) DateRangeParam theDateRange)
-				@RequiredParam(name = DiagnosticReport.SP_NAME) CodingListParam theNames, @OptionalParam(name = DiagnosticReport.SP_DATE) DateRangeParam theDateRange) throws Exception {
+				throws Exception {
 			return Collections.emptyList();
 		}
 
@@ -1201,8 +1209,7 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 		}
 
 		@Search()
-		public Patient getPatientWithIncludes(@RequiredParam(name = "withIncludes") StringDt theString,
+		public Patient getPatientWithIncludes(@RequiredParam(name = "withIncludes") StringDt theString, @IncludeParam(allow = { "include1", "include2", "include3" }) List<PathSpecification> theIncludes) {
-				@IncludeParam(allow = { "include1", "include2", "include3" }) List<PathSpecification> theIncludes) {
 			Patient next = getIdToPatient().get("1");
 
 			next.addCommunication().setText(theString.getValue());
@@ -1276,19 +1283,52 @@ public class ResfulServerMethodTest {
 		@Update()
 		public MethodOutcome updateDiagnosticReportWithVersion(@IdParam IdDt theId, @VersionIdParam IdDt theVersionId, @ResourceParam DiagnosticReport thePatient) {
 			/*
-			 * TODO: THIS METHOD IS NOT USED. It's the wrong type (DiagnosticReport), so it should cause an exception on startup. Also we should detect if there are multiple resource params on an
+			 * TODO: THIS METHOD IS NOT USED. It's the wrong type
+			 * (DiagnosticReport), so it should cause an exception on startup.
+			 * Also we should detect if there are multiple resource params on an
 			 * update/create/etc method
 			 */
 			IdDt id = theId;
 			IdDt version = theVersionId;
-			return new MethodOutcome(true, id, version);
+			return new MethodOutcome(id, version);
 		}
 
 		@Update()
 		public MethodOutcome updatePatient(@IdParam IdDt theId, @ResourceParam Patient thePatient) {
 			IdDt id = theId;
 			IdDt version = new IdDt(thePatient.getIdentifierFirstRep().getValue().getValue());
-			return new MethodOutcome(true, id, version);
+			OperationOutcome oo = new OperationOutcome();
+			oo.addIssue().setDetails("OODETAILS");
+			return new MethodOutcome(id, version, oo);
+		}
+
+		@Validate()
+		public MethodOutcome validatePatient(@ResourceParam Patient thePatient) {
+			if (thePatient.getNameFirstRep().getFamilyFirstRep().getValueNotNull().equals("FOO")) {
+				MethodOutcome methodOutcome = new MethodOutcome();
+				OperationOutcome oo = new OperationOutcome();
+				oo.addIssue().setDetails("it passed");
+				methodOutcome.setOperationOutcome(oo);
+				return methodOutcome;
+			}
+			if (thePatient.getNameFirstRep().getFamilyFirstRep().getValueNotNull().equals("BAR")) {
+				throw new UnprocessableEntityException("it failed");
+			}
+			return new MethodOutcome();
+		}
+
+		private Patient createPatient1() {
+			Patient patient = new Patient();
+			patient.addIdentifier();
+			patient.getIdentifier().get(0).setUse(IdentifierUseEnum.OFFICIAL);
+			patient.getIdentifier().get(0).setSystem(new UriDt("urn:hapitest:mrns"));
+			patient.getIdentifier().get(0).setValue("00001");
+			patient.addName();
+			patient.getName().get(0).addFamily("Test");
+			patient.getName().get(0).addGiven("PatientOne");
+			patient.getGender().setText("M");
+			patient.getId().setValue("1");
+			return patient;
 		}
 
 	}

restful-server-example/src/main/java/ca/uhn/example/rest/RestfulPatientResourceProvider.java

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class RestfulPatientResourceProvider implements IResourceProvider {
 	 * @return Returns a resource matching this identifier, or null if none exists.
 	 */
 	@Read()
-	public Patient getResourceById(@IdParam IdDt theId) {
+	public Patient getPatientById(@IdParam IdDt theId) {
 		Patient retVal;
 		try {
 			retVal = myIdToPatientMap.get(theId.asLong());
@@ -80,17 +80,17 @@ public class RestfulPatientResourceProvider implements IResourceProvider {
 	 * The "@Search" annotation indicates that this method supports the search operation. You may have many different method annotated with this annotation, to support many different search criteria.
 	 * This example searches by family name.
 	 * 
-	 * @param theIdentifier
+	 * @param theFamilyName
 	 *            This operation takes one parameter which is the search criteria. It is annotated with the "@Required" annotation. This annotation takes one argument, a string containing the name of
 	 *            the search criteria. The datatype here is StringDt, but there are other possible parameter types depending on the specific search criteria.
 	 * @return This method returns a list of Patients. This list may contain multiple matching resources, or it may also be empty.
 	 */
 	@Search()
-	public List<Patient> getPatient(@RequiredParam(name = Patient.SP_FAMILY) StringDt theFamilyName) {
+	public List<Patient> findPatientsByName(@RequiredParam(name = Patient.SP_FAMILY) StringDt theFamilyName) {
 		ArrayList<Patient> retVal = new ArrayList<Patient>();
 		
 		/*
-		 * Look for all patients matching this
+		 * Look for all patients matching the name
 		 */
 		for (Patient nextPatient : myIdToPatientMap.values()) {
 			NAMELOOP:
@@ -109,16 +109,13 @@ public class RestfulPatientResourceProvider implements IResourceProvider {
 
 	
 	/**
-	 * The "@Search" annotation indicates that this method supports the search operation. You may have many different method annotated with this annotation, to support many different search criteria.
+	 * The "@Create" annotation indicates that this method supports creating a new resource
-	 * This example searches by family name.
 	 * 
-	 * @param theIdentifier
+	 * @param thePatient This is the actual resource to save
-	 *            This operation takes one parameter which is the search criteria. It is annotated with the "@Required" annotation. This annotation takes one argument, a string containing the name of
+	 * @return This method returns a "MethodOutcome"
-	 *            the search criteria. The datatype here is StringDt, but there are other possible parameter types depending on the specific search criteria.
-	 * @return This method returns a list of Patients. This list may contain multiple matching resources, or it may also be empty.
 	 */
 	@Create()
-	public MethodOutcome getPatient(@ResourceParam Patient thePatient) {
+	public MethodOutcome createPatient(@ResourceParam Patient thePatient) {
 		/*
 		 * Our server will have a rule that patients must
 		 * have a family name or we will reject them
@@ -128,6 +125,40 @@ public class RestfulPatientResourceProvider implements IResourceProvider {
 			outcome.addIssue().setSeverity(IssueSeverityEnum.FATAL).setDetails("No last name provided");
 			throw new UnprocessableEntityException(outcome);
 		}
+		
+		long id = myNextId++;
+		myIdToPatientMap.put(id, thePatient);
+
+		// Let the caller know the ID of the newly created resource
+		return new MethodOutcome(new IdDt(id));
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * The "@Search" annotation indicates that this method supports the search operation. You may have many different method annotated with this annotation, to support many different search criteria.
+	 * This example searches by family name.
+	 * 
+	 * @param theIdentifier
+	 *            This operation takes one parameter which is the search criteria. It is annotated with the "@Required" annotation. This annotation takes one argument, a string containing the name of
+	 *            the search criteria. The datatype here is StringDt, but there are other possible parameter types depending on the specific search criteria.
+	 * @return This method returns a list of Patients. This list may contain multiple matching resources, or it may also be empty.
+	 */
+	@Create()
+	public MethodOutcome createPatient(@ResourceParam Patient thePatient) {
+		/*
+		 * Our server will have a rule that patients must
+		 * have a family name or we will reject them
+		 */
+		if (thePatient.getNameFirstRep().getFamilyFirstRep().isEmpty()) {
+			OperationOutcome outcome = new OperationOutcome();
+			outcome.addIssue().setSeverity(IssueSeverityEnum.FATAL).setDetails("No last name provided");
+			throw new UnprocessableEntityException(outcome);
+		}
+		
+		long id = myNextId++;
+		myIdToPatientMap.put(id, thePatient);
+
+		// Let the caller know the ID of the newly created resource
+		return new MethodOutcome(new IdDt(id));
 	}
 	
 }