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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
+
+package org.opendaylight.restconf.common.patch;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+import javax.ws.rs.HttpMethod;
+
+@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@HttpMethod("PATCH")
+@Documented
+public @interface Patch {
+}
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