RFE: Add PATCH to the list of the supported HTTP methods

[Chris Hegarty]

Hi Andrej,

On 02/03/18 08:28, Andrej Golovnin wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> it would be nice if could add PATCH
> (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5789) to the list of the supported
> ...
> - and one for the HTTP Client branch in the JDK sandbox repository
> which adds PATCH to the HttpRequest builder:
>    java_net_http_HttpRequest_PATCH_method.diff

The JDK HTTP Client has:
   `HttpRequest.Builder::method(String method, BodyPublisher publisher)`

  ,so it is currently possible to use the `PATCH` method.

Is `PATCH` sufficiently popular to warrant its own self-named
method in the request builder?

-Chris.