Support for PATCH HTTP method?

[jacek99]

I noticed that in the security XML config you cannot put "PATCH" as the HTTP method (just the regular POST, GET, PUT, DELETE), etc.

<intercept-url pattern="/**" access="ROLE_UPDATE" method="PATCH"/>

Are there any plans to allow the new PATCH method in the XML schema?

RoR has already moved to PATCH as their primary HTTP method for update operations:
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2012/2...d-for-updates/

and it is trivial to add PATCH support to JAX-RS as well:

@Target({ ElementType.METHOD })
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@HttpMethod("PATCH")
public @interface PATCH {}

[Rob Winch]

This is not currently supported. Please create a JIRA if you would like to see this feature.