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package javax.json;

/**
 * A builder for constructing a JSON Patch as defined by
 * <a target=_blank href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902">RFC 6902</a> by adding
 * JSON Patch operations incrementally.
 *
 * <EMBED CLASS='external-html' DATA-FILE-ID=LICENSE DATA-CIETName=JsonPatchBuilder>
 * 
 * <BR /><BR />The following illustrates the approach.
 * 
 * <BR /><DIV CLASS=SNIP>{@code
 * JsonPatchBuilder builder = Json.createPatchBuilder();
 * 
 * JsonPatch patch = builder
 *      .add("/John/phones/office", "1234-567")
 *      .remove("/Amy/age")
 *      .build();
 * }</DIV>
 * 
 * <BR /><BR />The result is equivalent to the following JSON Patch:
 * 
 * <BR /><BR /><DIV STYLE='border: solid lightgray; border-width: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em 0.8em;
 *  border-radius: 0.75em; background: black; color: lightgray;
 *  padding: 0.5em 1em; white-space: pre;'>{@code
 * [
 *    {"op" = "add", "path" = "/John/phones/office", "value" = "1234-567"},
 *    {"op" = "remove", "path" = "/Amy/age"}
 * ]
 * }</DIV>
 *
 * @see <a target=_blank href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902">RFC 6902</a>
 *
 * @since 1.1
 */
public interface JsonPatchBuilder {

    /**
     * Adds an "add" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer.
     * @param value the "value" member of the operation
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder add(String path, JsonValue value);

    /**
     * Adds an "add" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer.
     * @param value the "value" member of the operation
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder add(String path, String value);

    /**
     * Adds an "add" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer.
     * @param value the "value" member of the operation
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder add(String path, int value);

    /**
     * Adds an "add" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer.
     * @param value the "value" member of the operation
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder add(String path, boolean value);

    /**
     * Adds a "remove" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer.
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder remove(String path);

    /**
     * Adds a "replace" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer.
     * @param value the "value" member of the operation
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder replace(String path, JsonValue value);

    /**
     * Adds a "replace" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer string.
     * @param value the "value" member of the operation
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder replace(String path, String value);

    /**
     * Adds a "replace" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer string.
     * @param value the "value" member of the operation
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder replace(String path, int value);

    /**
     * Adds a "replace" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer string.
     * @param value the "value" member of the operation
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder replace(String path, boolean value);

    /**
     * Adds a "move" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer string.
     * @param from the "from" member of the operation
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder move(String path, String from);

    /**
     * Adds a "copy" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer string.
     * @param from the "from" member of the operation
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder copy(String path, String from);

    /**
     * Adds a "test" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer string.
     * @param value the "value" member of the operation
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder test(String path, JsonValue value);

    /**
     * Adds a "test" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer string.
     * @param value the "value" member of the operation
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder test(String path, String value);

    /**
     * Adds a "test" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer string.
     * @param value the "value" member of the operation
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder test(String path, int value);

    /**
     * Adds a "test" JSON Patch operation.
     *
     * @param path the "path" member of the operation. Must be a valid escaped JSON-Pointer string.
     * @param value the "value" member of the operation
     * @return this JsonPatchBuilder
     */
    JsonPatchBuilder test(String path, boolean value);


    /**
     * Returns the JSON Patch.
     *
     * @return a JSON Patch
     */
    JsonPatch build();

}