Package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation

Annotation Type Search

@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target(METHOD)
public @interface Search

RESTful method annotation used for a method which provides the FHIR "search" method. See the FHIR Search definition for more information.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
boolean	allowUnknownParams	In a REST server, should this method be invoked even if it does not have method parameters which correspond to all of the URL parameters passed in by the client (default is false).
String	compartmentName	If specified, this the name for the compartment
String	queryName	If specified, this the name for the Named Query
Class<? extends IBaseResource>	type	The return type for this method.

Element Detail

queryName

String queryName

If specified, this the name for the Named Query

See the FHIR specification section on named queries

Default:

""

compartmentName

String compartmentName

If specified, this the name for the compartment

See the FHIR specification section on compartments

Default:

""

type

Class<? extends IBaseResource> type

The return type for this method. This generally does not need to be populated for IResourceProvider instances in a server implementation, but often does need to be populated in client implementations using IBasicClient or IRestfulClient, or in plain providers on a server.

This value also does not need to be populated if the return type for a method annotated with this annotation is sufficient to determine the type of resource provided. E.g. if the method returns Patient or List<Patient>, the server/client will automatically determine that the Patient resource is the return type, and this value may be left blank.

Default:

org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource.class

allowUnknownParams

boolean allowUnknownParams

In a REST server, should this method be invoked even if it does not have method parameters which correspond to all of the URL parameters passed in by the client (default is false).

Use this method with caution: Methods marked with a value of true will be greedy, meaning they may handle invocations you had intended to be handled by other search methods. Such a method may be invoked as long as any method parameters marked as required have been satisfied. If there are other methods which have parameters marked as optional which would technically be a better match, either the this method or the other method might be called.

Default:

false