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

[Chris Hegarty]

On 07/03/18 08:36, Andrej Golovnin wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
>> 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?
> 
> I don't know how popular is it. We have just started to use it with
> one of our services and discovered that we cannot use it with
> HttpURLConnection at all. And I thought when we add the support for
> PATCH to HttpURLConnection, then it would be nice to have it in HTTP
> Client too. When you decided not to add it to HTTP Client, then it is
> OK for me too. But I think that HttpURLConnection should be changed.

I'm not opposed adding support for PATCH to HttpURLConnection.
You will need to add a test, and I think a CSR to add it to
list of supported methods.

-Chris.