[HTTPCLIENT-1191] Add support for the PATCH method for HTTP

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.1.3
• Fix Version/s: 4.2 Final
• Component/s: HttpClient (classic)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Rossen Stoyanchev
• Created: 15/May/12 19:38
• Updated: 05/Oct/13 19:41
• Resolved: 16/May/12 12:21

Description

RFC 5789 defines the PATCH method for HTTP for partial updates, http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5789. Although not very commonly used yet it's definitely present in some APIs, for example GitHub's API v3 http://developer.github.com/v3/#http-verbs or YouTube's API v2 https://developers.google.com/youtube/2.0/developers_guide_protocol_partial_updates.