Allow patching in tranactions

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

@@ -21,13 +21,16 @@ package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api;
  */
 
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation.Patch;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.exceptions.InvalidRequestException;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.util.UrlUtil;
 
 /**
  * Parameter type for methods annotated with {@link Patch}
  */
 public enum PatchTypeEnum {
 
-	JSON_PATCH(Constants.CT_JSON_PATCH), XML_PATCH(Constants.CT_XML_PATCH);
+	JSON_PATCH(Constants.CT_JSON_PATCH),
+	XML_PATCH(Constants.CT_XML_PATCH);
 
 	private final String myContentType;
 
@@ -39,4 +42,19 @@ public enum PatchTypeEnum {
 		return myContentType;
 	}
 
+	public static PatchTypeEnum forContentTypeOrThrowInvalidRequestException(String theContentType) {
+		String contentType = theContentType;
+		int semiColonIdx = contentType.indexOf(';');
+		if (semiColonIdx != -1) {
+			contentType = theContentType.substring(0, semiColonIdx);
+		}
+		contentType = contentType.trim();
+		if (Constants.CT_JSON_PATCH.equals(contentType)) {
+			return JSON_PATCH;
+		} else if (Constants.CT_XML_PATCH.equals(contentType)) {
+			return XML_PATCH;
+		} else {
+			throw new InvalidRequestException("Invalid Content-Type for PATCH operation: " + UrlUtil.sanitizeUrlPart(theContentType));
+		}
+	}
 }

hapi-fhir-base/src/main/resources/ca/uhn/fhir/i18n/hapi-messages.properties

@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.dao.BaseHapiFhirResourceDao.successfulDeletes=Successfully delet
 ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.dao.BaseHapiFhirResourceDao.invalidSearchParameter=Unknown search parameter "{0}". Value search parameters for this search are: {1}
 
 ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.dao.TransactionProcessor.missingMandatoryResource=Missing required resource in Bundle.entry[{1}].resource for operation {0}
+ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.dao.TransactionProcessor.missingPatchContentType=Missing or invalid content type for PATCH operation 
+ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.dao.TransactionProcessor.missingPatchBody=Unable to determine PATCH body from request 
 
 ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.searchparam.extractor.BaseSearchParamExtractor.externalReferenceNotAllowed=Resource contains external reference to URL "{0}" but this server is not configured to allow external references
 ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.searchparam.extractor.BaseSearchParamExtractor.failedToExtractPaths=Failed to extract values from resource using FHIRPath "{0}": {1}

hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/TransactionProcessor.java

@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.util.JpaInterceptorBroadcaster;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.model.api.ResourceMetadataKeyEnum;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.parser.DataFormatException;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.parser.IParser;
-import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.Constants;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.*;
-import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.PreferReturnEnum;
-import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.RequestTypeEnum;
-import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.RestOperationTypeEnum;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.server.RequestDetails;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.param.ParameterUtil;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.RestfulServerUtils;
@@ -53,6 +50,7 @@ import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.method.BaseMethodBinding;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.method.BaseResourceReturningMethodBinding;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.servlet.ServletRequestDetails;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.util.*;
+import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
@@ -755,9 +753,50 @@ public class TransactionProcessor<BUNDLE extends IBaseBundle, BUNDLEENTRY> {
 						entriesToProcess.put(nextRespEntry, outcome.getEntity());
 						break;
 					}
-					case "GET":
+					case "PATCH": {
-					default:
+						// PATCH
+						validateResourcePresent(res, order, verb);
+
+						String url = extractTransactionUrlOrThrowException(nextReqEntry, verb);
+						UrlUtil.UrlParts parts = UrlUtil.parseUrl(url);
+
+						String matchUrl = toMatchUrl(nextReqEntry);
+						matchUrl = performIdSubstitutionsInMatchUrl(theIdSubstitutions, matchUrl);
+						String patchBody = null;
+						String contentType = null;
+
+						if (res instanceof IBaseBinary) {
+							IBaseBinary binary = (IBaseBinary) res;
+							if (binary.getContent() != null && binary.getContent().length > 0) {
+								patchBody = new String(binary.getContent(), Charsets.UTF_8);
+							}
+							contentType = binary.getContentType();
+						}
+
+						if (isBlank(patchBody)) {
+							String msg = myContext.getLocalizer().getMessage(TransactionProcessor.class, "missingPatchBody");
+							throw new InvalidRequestException(msg);
+						}
+						if (isBlank(contentType)) {
+							String msg = myContext.getLocalizer().getMessage(TransactionProcessor.class, "missingPatchContentType");
+							throw new InvalidRequestException(msg);
+						}
+
+						ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.dao.IFhirResourceDao<? extends IBaseResource> dao = toDao(parts, verb, url);
+						PatchTypeEnum patchType = PatchTypeEnum.forContentTypeOrThrowInvalidRequestException(contentType);
+						IIdType patchId = myContext.getVersion().newIdType().setValue(parts.getResourceId());
+						DaoMethodOutcome outcome = dao.patch(patchId, matchUrl, patchType, patchBody, theRequest);
+						updatedEntities.add(outcome.getEntity());
+						if (outcome.getResource() != null) {
+							updatedResources.add(outcome.getResource());
+						}
+
 						break;
+					}
+					case "GET":
+						break;
+					default:
+						throw new InvalidRequestException("Unable to handle verb in transaction: " + verb);
 
 				}
 
@@ -1051,6 +1090,7 @@ public class TransactionProcessor<BUNDLE extends IBaseBundle, BUNDLEENTRY> {
 	 * Process any DELETE interactions
 	 * Process any POST interactions
 	 * Process any PUT interactions
+	 * Process any PATCH interactions
 	 * Process any GET interactions
 	 */
 	//@formatter:off
@@ -1107,21 +1147,6 @@ public class TransactionProcessor<BUNDLE extends IBaseBundle, BUNDLEENTRY> {
 			return o1 - o2;
 		}
 
-		private String toMatchUrl(BUNDLEENTRY theEntry) {
-			String verb = myVersionAdapter.getEntryRequestVerb(theEntry);
-			if (verb.equals("POST")) {
-				return myVersionAdapter.getEntryIfNoneExist(theEntry);
-			}
-			if (verb.equals("PUT") || verb.equals("DELETE")) {
-				String url = extractTransactionUrlOrThrowException(theEntry, verb);
-				UrlUtil.UrlParts parts = UrlUtil.parseUrl(url);
-				if (isBlank(parts.getResourceId())) {
-					return parts.getResourceType() + '?' + parts.getParams();
-				}
-			}
-			return null;
-		}
-
 		private int toOrder(BUNDLEENTRY theO1) {
 			int o1 = 0;
 			if (myVersionAdapter.getEntryRequestVerb(theO1) != null) {
@@ -1135,9 +1160,12 @@ public class TransactionProcessor<BUNDLE extends IBaseBundle, BUNDLEENTRY> {
 					case "PUT":
 						o1 = 3;
 						break;
-					case "GET":
+					case "PATCH":
 						o1 = 4;
 						break;
+					case "GET":
+						o1 = 5;
+						break;
 					default:
 						o1 = 0;
 						break;
@@ -1171,4 +1199,22 @@ public class TransactionProcessor<BUNDLE extends IBaseBundle, BUNDLEENTRY> {
 		return Integer.toString(theStatusCode) + " " + defaultString(Constants.HTTP_STATUS_NAMES.get(theStatusCode));
 	}
 
+	private String toMatchUrl(BUNDLEENTRY theEntry) {
+		String verb = myVersionAdapter.getEntryRequestVerb(theEntry);
+		if (verb.equals("POST")) {
+			return myVersionAdapter.getEntryIfNoneExist(theEntry);
+		}
+		if (verb.equals("PATCH")) {
+			return myVersionAdapter.getEntryRequestIfMatch(theEntry);
+		}
+		if (verb.equals("PUT") || verb.equals("DELETE")) {
+			String url = extractTransactionUrlOrThrowException(theEntry, verb);
+			UrlUtil.UrlParts parts = UrlUtil.parseUrl(url);
+			if (isBlank(parts.getResourceId())) {
+				return parts.getResourceType() + '?' + parts.getParams();
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
 }

hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/r4/JpaValidationSupportR4.java

@@ -130,10 +130,12 @@ public class JpaValidationSupportR4 implements IJpaValidationSupportR4, Applicat
 			}
 		} else if ("StructureDefinition".equals(resourceName)) {
 			// Don't allow the core FHIR definitions to be overwritten
+			if (theUri.startsWith("http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/")) {
 				String typeName = theUri.substring("http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/".length());
 				if (myR4Ctx.getElementDefinition(typeName) != null) {
 					return null;
 				}
+			}
 			SearchParameterMap params = new SearchParameterMap();
 			params.setLoadSynchronousUpTo(1);
 			params.add(StructureDefinition.SP_URL, new UriParam(theUri));

hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/provider/r4/BinaryAccessProviderR4Test.java

@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ public class BinaryAccessProviderR4Test extends BaseResourceProviderR4Test {
 		if (theSetData) {
 			attachment.setData(SOME_BYTES_2);
 		}
+
+		ourLog.info(myFhirCtx.newJsonParser().setPrettyPrint(true).encodeResourceToString(documentReference));
+
 		return ourClient.create().resource(documentReference).execute().getId().toUnqualifiedVersionless();
 	}
 

hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/provider/r4/PatchProviderR4Test.java

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 package ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.provider.r4;
 
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.Constants;
+import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPatch;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
 import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
 import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
 import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IIdType;
-import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Media;
+import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.*;
-import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Observation;
-import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Patient;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -93,6 +93,48 @@ public class PatchProviderR4Test extends BaseResourceProviderR4Test {
 		assertEquals(false, newPt.getActive());
 	}
 
+
+	@Test
+	public void testPatchUsingJsonPatch_Transaction() throws Exception {
+		String methodName = "testPatchUsingJsonPatch_Transaction";
+		IIdType pid1;
+		{
+			Patient patient = new Patient();
+			patient.setActive(true);
+			patient.addIdentifier().setSystem("urn:system").setValue("0");
+			patient.addName().setFamily(methodName).addGiven("Joe");
+			pid1 = myPatientDao.create(patient, mySrd).getId().toUnqualifiedVersionless();
+		}
+
+		String patchString = "[ { \"op\":\"replace\", \"path\":\"/active\", \"value\":false } ]";
+		Binary patch = new Binary();
+		patch.setContentType(Constants.CT_JSON_PATCH);
+		patch.setContent(patchString.getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8));
+
+		Bundle input = new Bundle();
+		input.setType(Bundle.BundleType.TRANSACTION);
+		input.addEntry()
+			.setFullUrl(pid1.getValue())
+			.setResource(patch)
+			.getRequest().setUrl(pid1.getValue())
+			.setMethod(Bundle.HTTPVerb.PATCH);
+
+		HttpPost post = new HttpPost(ourServerBase);
+		String encodedRequest = myFhirCtx.newJsonParser().setPrettyPrint(true).encodeResourceToString(input);
+		ourLog.info("Requet:\n{}", encodedRequest);
+		post.setEntity(new StringEntity(encodedRequest, ContentType.parse(Constants.CT_FHIR_JSON_NEW+ Constants.CHARSET_UTF8_CTSUFFIX)));
+		try (CloseableHttpResponse response = ourHttpClient.execute(post)) {
+			assertEquals(200, response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+			String responseString = IOUtils.toString(response.getEntity().getContent(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+			assertThat(responseString, containsString("\"resourceType\":\"Bundle\""));
+		}
+
+		Patient newPt = ourClient.read().resource(Patient.class).withId(pid1.getIdPart()).execute();
+		assertEquals("2", newPt.getIdElement().getVersionIdPart());
+		assertEquals(false, newPt.getActive());
+	}
+
+
 	@Test
 	public void testPatchUsingJsonPatch_Conditional_Success() throws Exception {
 		String methodName = "testPatchUsingJsonPatch";
@@ -303,4 +345,158 @@ public class PatchProviderR4Test extends BaseResourceProviderR4Test {
 	}
 
 
+	@Test
+	public void testPatchUsingXmlPatch_Transaction() throws Exception {
+		String methodName = "testPatchUsingXmlPatch_Transaction";
+		IIdType pid1;
+		{
+			Patient patient = new Patient();
+			patient.setActive(true);
+			patient.addIdentifier().setSystem("urn:system").setValue("0");
+			patient.addName().setFamily(methodName).addGiven("Joe");
+			pid1 = myPatientDao.create(patient, mySrd).getId().toUnqualifiedVersionless();
+		}
+
+		String patchString = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><diff xmlns:fhir=\"http://hl7.org/fhir\"><replace sel=\"fhir:Patient/fhir:active/@value\">false</replace></diff>";
+		Binary patch = new Binary();
+		patch.setContentType(Constants.CT_XML_PATCH);
+		patch.setContent(patchString.getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8));
+
+		Bundle input = new Bundle();
+		input.setType(Bundle.BundleType.TRANSACTION);
+		input.addEntry()
+			.setFullUrl(pid1.getValue())
+			.setResource(patch)
+			.getRequest().setUrl(pid1.getValue())
+			.setMethod(Bundle.HTTPVerb.PATCH);
+
+		HttpPost post = new HttpPost(ourServerBase);
+		post.setEntity(new StringEntity(myFhirCtx.newJsonParser().encodeResourceToString(input), ContentType.parse(Constants.CT_FHIR_JSON_NEW+ Constants.CHARSET_UTF8_CTSUFFIX)));
+		try (CloseableHttpResponse response = ourHttpClient.execute(post)) {
+			assertEquals(200, response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+			String responseString = IOUtils.toString(response.getEntity().getContent(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+			assertThat(responseString, containsString("\"resourceType\":\"Bundle\""));
+		}
+
+		Patient newPt = ourClient.read().resource(Patient.class).withId(pid1.getIdPart()).execute();
+		assertEquals("2", newPt.getIdElement().getVersionIdPart());
+		assertEquals(false, newPt.getActive());
+	}
+
+
+
+	@Test
+	public void testPatchInTransaction_MissingContentType() throws Exception {
+		String methodName = "testPatchUsingJsonPatch_Transaction";
+		IIdType pid1;
+		{
+			Patient patient = new Patient();
+			patient.setActive(true);
+			patient.addIdentifier().setSystem("urn:system").setValue("0");
+			patient.addName().setFamily(methodName).addGiven("Joe");
+			pid1 = myPatientDao.create(patient, mySrd).getId().toUnqualifiedVersionless();
+		}
+
+		String patchString = "[ { \"op\":\"replace\", \"path\":\"/active\", \"value\":false } ]";
+		Binary patch = new Binary();
+		patch.setContent(patchString.getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8));
+
+		Bundle input = new Bundle();
+		input.setType(Bundle.BundleType.TRANSACTION);
+		input.addEntry()
+			.setFullUrl(pid1.getValue())
+			.setResource(patch)
+			.getRequest().setUrl(pid1.getValue())
+			.setMethod(Bundle.HTTPVerb.PATCH);
+
+		HttpPost post = new HttpPost(ourServerBase);
+		post.setEntity(new StringEntity(myFhirCtx.newJsonParser().encodeResourceToString(input), ContentType.parse(Constants.CT_FHIR_JSON_NEW+ Constants.CHARSET_UTF8_CTSUFFIX)));
+		try (CloseableHttpResponse response = ourHttpClient.execute(post)) {
+			assertEquals(400, response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+			String responseString = IOUtils.toString(response.getEntity().getContent(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+			assertThat(responseString, containsString("Missing or invalid content type for PATCH operation"));
+		}
+
+		Patient newPt = ourClient.read().resource(Patient.class).withId(pid1.getIdPart()).execute();
+		assertEquals("1", newPt.getIdElement().getVersionIdPart());
+		assertEquals(true, newPt.getActive());
+	}
+
+
+	@Test
+	public void testPatchInTransaction_MissingBody() throws Exception {
+		String methodName = "testPatchUsingJsonPatch_Transaction";
+		IIdType pid1;
+		{
+			Patient patient = new Patient();
+			patient.setActive(true);
+			patient.addIdentifier().setSystem("urn:system").setValue("0");
+			patient.addName().setFamily(methodName).addGiven("Joe");
+			pid1 = myPatientDao.create(patient, mySrd).getId().toUnqualifiedVersionless();
+		}
+
+		String patchString = "[ { \"op\":\"replace\", \"path\":\"/active\", \"value\":false } ]";
+		Binary patch = new Binary();
+		patch.setContentType(Constants.CT_JSON_PATCH);
+
+		Bundle input = new Bundle();
+		input.setType(Bundle.BundleType.TRANSACTION);
+		input.addEntry()
+			.setFullUrl(pid1.getValue())
+			.setResource(patch)
+			.getRequest().setUrl(pid1.getValue())
+			.setMethod(Bundle.HTTPVerb.PATCH);
+
+		HttpPost post = new HttpPost(ourServerBase);
+		post.setEntity(new StringEntity(myFhirCtx.newJsonParser().encodeResourceToString(input), ContentType.parse(Constants.CT_FHIR_JSON_NEW+ Constants.CHARSET_UTF8_CTSUFFIX)));
+		try (CloseableHttpResponse response = ourHttpClient.execute(post)) {
+			assertEquals(400, response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+			String responseString = IOUtils.toString(response.getEntity().getContent(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+			assertThat(responseString, containsString("Unable to determine PATCH body from request"));
+		}
+
+		Patient newPt = ourClient.read().resource(Patient.class).withId(pid1.getIdPart()).execute();
+		assertEquals("1", newPt.getIdElement().getVersionIdPart());
+		assertEquals(true, newPt.getActive());
+	}
+
+
+	@Test
+	public void testPatchInTransaction_InvalidContentType() throws Exception {
+		String methodName = "testPatchUsingJsonPatch_Transaction";
+		IIdType pid1;
+		{
+			Patient patient = new Patient();
+			patient.setActive(true);
+			patient.addIdentifier().setSystem("urn:system").setValue("0");
+			patient.addName().setFamily(methodName).addGiven("Joe");
+			pid1 = myPatientDao.create(patient, mySrd).getId().toUnqualifiedVersionless();
+		}
+
+		String patchString = "[ { \"op\":\"replace\", \"path\":\"/active\", \"value\":false } ]";
+		Binary patch = new Binary();
+		patch.setContentType(Constants.CT_FHIR_JSON_NEW);
+		patch.setContent(patchString.getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8));
+
+		Bundle input = new Bundle();
+		input.setType(Bundle.BundleType.TRANSACTION);
+		input.addEntry()
+			.setFullUrl(pid1.getValue())
+			.setResource(patch)
+			.getRequest().setUrl(pid1.getValue())
+			.setMethod(Bundle.HTTPVerb.PATCH);
+
+		HttpPost post = new HttpPost(ourServerBase);
+		post.setEntity(new StringEntity(myFhirCtx.newJsonParser().encodeResourceToString(input), ContentType.parse(Constants.CT_FHIR_JSON_NEW+ Constants.CHARSET_UTF8_CTSUFFIX)));
+		try (CloseableHttpResponse response = ourHttpClient.execute(post)) {
+			assertEquals(400, response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+			String responseString = IOUtils.toString(response.getEntity().getContent(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+			assertThat(responseString, containsString("Invalid Content-Type for PATCH operation: application/fhir+json"));
+		}
+
+		Patient newPt = ourClient.read().resource(Patient.class).withId(pid1.getIdPart()).execute();
+		assertEquals("1", newPt.getIdElement().getVersionIdPart());
+		assertEquals(true, newPt.getActive());
+	}
+
 }

hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/provider/r4/ResourceProviderR4Test.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.client.api.IGenericClient;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.client.api.IHttpRequest;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.client.api.IHttpResponse;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.client.interceptor.CapturingInterceptor;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.client.interceptor.LoggingInterceptor;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.gclient.StringClientParam;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.param.*;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.exceptions.InvalidRequestException;
@@ -3184,6 +3185,19 @@ public class ResourceProviderR4Test extends BaseResourceProviderR4Test {
 //		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testEncounterWithReason() {
+		Encounter enc = new Encounter();
+		enc.addReasonCode()
+			.addCoding().setSystem("http://myorg").setCode("hugs").setDisplay("Hugs for better wellness");
+		enc.getPeriod().setStartElement(new DateTimeType("2012"));
+		IIdType id = ourClient.create().resource(enc).execute().getId().toUnqualifiedVersionless();
+
+		enc = ourClient.read().resource(Encounter.class).withId(id).execute();
+		assertEquals("hugs", enc.getReasonCodeFirstRep().getCodingFirstRep().getCode());
+	}
+
+
 	@Test
 	public void testTerminologyWithCompleteCs_SearchForConceptIn() throws Exception {
 

hapi-fhir-server/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/server/method/PatchTypeParameter.java

@@ -45,19 +45,7 @@ class PatchTypeParameter implements IParameter {
 
 	public static PatchTypeEnum getTypeForRequestOrThrowInvalidRequestException(RequestDetails theRequest) {
 		String contentTypeAll = defaultString(theRequest.getHeader(Constants.HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE));
-		String contentType = contentTypeAll;
+		return PatchTypeEnum.forContentTypeOrThrowInvalidRequestException(contentTypeAll);
-		int semiColonIdx = contentType.indexOf(';');
-		if (semiColonIdx != -1) {
-			contentType = contentTypeAll.substring(0, semiColonIdx);
-		}
-		contentType = contentType.trim();
-		if (Constants.CT_JSON_PATCH.equals(contentType)) {
-			return PatchTypeEnum.JSON_PATCH;
-		} else if (Constants.CT_XML_PATCH.equals(contentType)) {
-			return PatchTypeEnum.XML_PATCH;
-		} else {
-			throw new InvalidRequestException("Invalid Content-Type for PATCH operation: " + contentTypeAll);
-		}
 	}
 
 }

src/changes/changes.xml

@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@
 				words in MySQL. The database migrator tool has been updated to handle this 
 				change.
 			</action>
+			<action type="add">
+				Support for PATCH operations performed within a transaction (using a Binary
+				resource as the resource type in order to hold a JSONPatch or XMLPatch body)
+				has been added to the JPA server.
+			</action>
 		</release>
 		<release version="3.8.0" date="2019-05-30" description="Hippo">
 			<action type="fix">