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<pre>public interface <span class="typeNameLabel">JsonPatch</span></pre>
<div class="block"><p>This interface represents an immutable implementation of a JSON Patch
as defined by <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902">RFC 6902</a>.
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<p>A <code>JsonPatch</code> can be instantiated with <a href="../../jakarta/json/Json.html#createPatch-jakarta.json.JsonArray-"><code>Json.createPatch(JsonArray)</code></a>
by specifying the patch operations in a JSON Patch. Alternately, it
can also be constructed with a <a href="../../jakarta/json/JsonPatchBuilder.html" title="interface in jakarta.json"><code>JsonPatchBuilder</code></a>.
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The following illustrates both approaches.
<p>1. Construct a JsonPatch with a JSON Patch.
<pre><code>
JsonArray contacts = ... // The target to be patched
JsonArray patch = ... ; // JSON Patch
JsonPatch jsonpatch = Json.createPatch(patch);
JsonArray result = jsonpatch.apply(contacts);
</code> </pre>
2. Construct a JsonPatch with JsonPatchBuilder.
<pre><code>
JsonPatchBuilder builder = Json.createPatchBuilder();
JsonArray result = builder.add("/John/phones/office", "1234-567")
.remove("/Amy/age")
.build()
.apply(contacts);
</code> </pre></div>
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<dd>1.1</dd>
<dt><span class="seeLabel">See Also:</span></dt>
<dd><a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902">RFC 6902</a></dd>
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<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../jakarta/json/JsonPatch.Operation.html" title="enum in jakarta.json">JsonPatch.Operation</a></span></code>
<div class="block">This enum represents the list of valid JSON Patch operations
as defined by <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902">RFC 6902</a>.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>&lt;T extends <a href="../../jakarta/json/JsonStructure.html" title="interface in jakarta.json">JsonStructure</a>&gt;<br>T</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../jakarta/json/JsonPatch.html#apply-T-">apply</a></span>(T&nbsp;target)</code>
<div class="block">Applies the patch operations to the specified <code>target</code>.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../jakarta/json/JsonArray.html" title="interface in jakarta.json">JsonArray</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../jakarta/json/JsonPatch.html#toJsonArray--">toJsonArray</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Returns the <code>JsonPatch</code> as <code>JsonArray</code>.</div>
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<pre>&lt;T extends <a href="../../jakarta/json/JsonStructure.html" title="interface in jakarta.json">JsonStructure</a>&gt;&nbsp;T&nbsp;apply(T&nbsp;target)</pre>
<div class="block">Applies the patch operations to the specified <code>target</code>.
The target is not modified by the patch.</div>
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<dd><code>T</code> - the target type, must be a subtype of <a href="../../jakarta/json/JsonStructure.html" title="interface in jakarta.json"><code>JsonStructure</code></a></dd>
<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>target</code> - the target to apply the patch operations</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>the transformed target after the patch</dd>
<dt><span class="throwsLabel">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code><a href="../../jakarta/json/JsonException.html" title="class in jakarta.json">JsonException</a></code> - if the supplied JSON Patch is malformed or if
it contains references to non-existing members</dd>
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<pre><a href="../../jakarta/json/JsonArray.html" title="interface in jakarta.json">JsonArray</a>&nbsp;toJsonArray()</pre>
<div class="block">Returns the <code>JsonPatch</code> as <code>JsonArray</code>.</div>
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<dd>this <code>JsonPatch</code> as <code>JsonArray</code></dd>
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