RequestDocumentation (Spring REST Docs 2.0.8.RELEASE API)

java.lang.Object
- org.springframework.restdocs.request.RequestDocumentation

```
public abstract class RequestDocumentation
extends java.lang.Object
```
Static factory methods for documenting aspects of a request sent to a RESTful API.

Author:

Andy Wilkinson, Marcel Overdijk

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static ParameterDescriptor`	`parameterWithName(java.lang.String name)` Creates a `ParameterDescriptor` that describes a request or path parameter with the given `name`.
`static RequestPartDescriptor`	`partWithName(java.lang.String name)` Creates a `RequestPartDescriptor` that describes a request part with the given `name`.
`static PathParametersSnippet`	`pathParameters(java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request.
`static PathParametersSnippet`	`pathParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes, java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request.
`static PathParametersSnippet`	`pathParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes, ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request.
`static PathParametersSnippet`	`pathParameters(ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request.
`static PathParametersSnippet`	`relaxedPathParameters(java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request.
`static PathParametersSnippet`	`relaxedPathParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes, java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request.
`static PathParametersSnippet`	`relaxedPathParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes, ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request.
`static PathParametersSnippet`	`relaxedPathParameters(ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request.
`static RequestParametersSnippet`	`relaxedRequestParameters(java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parameters from the API operation's request.
`static RequestParametersSnippet`	`relaxedRequestParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes, java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parameters from the API operation's request.
`static RequestParametersSnippet`	`relaxedRequestParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes, ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parameters from the API operation's request.
`static RequestParametersSnippet`	`relaxedRequestParameters(ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parameters from the API operation's request.
`static RequestPartsSnippet`	`relaxedRequestParts(java.util.List<RequestPartDescriptor> descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parts from the API operation's request.
`static RequestPartsSnippet`	`relaxedRequestParts(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes, java.util.List<RequestPartDescriptor> descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parts from the API operation's request.
`static RequestPartsSnippet`	`relaxedRequestParts(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes, RequestPartDescriptor... descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parts from the API operation's request.
`static RequestPartsSnippet`	`relaxedRequestParts(RequestPartDescriptor... descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parts from the API operation's request.
`static RequestParametersSnippet`	`requestParameters(java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parameters from the API operation's request.
`static RequestParametersSnippet`	`requestParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes, java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parameters from the API operation's request.
`static RequestParametersSnippet`	`requestParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes, ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parameters from the API operation's request.
`static RequestParametersSnippet`	`requestParameters(ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parameters from the API operation's request.
`static RequestPartsSnippet`	`requestParts(java.util.List<RequestPartDescriptor> descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parts from the API operation's request.
`static RequestPartsSnippet`	`requestParts(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes, java.util.List<RequestPartDescriptor> descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parts from the API operation's request.
`static RequestPartsSnippet`	`requestParts(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes, RequestPartDescriptor... descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parts from the API operation's request.
`static RequestPartsSnippet`	`requestParts(RequestPartDescriptor... descriptors)` Returns a `Snippet` that will document the parts from the API operation's request.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - parameterWithName
```
public static ParameterDescriptor parameterWithName(java.lang.String name)
```
    Creates a ParameterDescriptor that describes a request or path parameter with the given name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the parameter
    
    Returns:
    
    a ParameterDescriptor ready for further configuration
  - partWithName
```
public static RequestPartDescriptor partWithName(java.lang.String name)
```
    Creates a RequestPartDescriptor that describes a request part with the given name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the request part
    
    Returns:
    
    a RequestPartDescriptor ready for further configuration
  - pathParameters
```
public static PathParametersSnippet pathParameters(ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request. The parameters will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a parameter is present in the request path, but is not documented by one of the descriptors, a failure will occur when the snippet is invoked. Similarly, if a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request path, a failure will also occur.
    If you do not want to document a path parameter, a parameter descriptor can be marked as IgnorableDescriptor.ignored(). This will prevent it from appearing in the generated snippet while avoiding the failure described above.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the parameters in the request's path
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet that will document the parameters
  - pathParameters
```
public static PathParametersSnippet pathParameters(java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request. The parameters will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a parameter is present in the request path, but is not documented by one of the descriptors, a failure will occur when the snippet is invoked. Similarly, if a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request path, a failure will also occur.
    If you do not want to document a path parameter, a parameter descriptor can be marked as IgnorableDescriptor.ignored(). This will prevent it from appearing in the generated snippet while avoiding the failure described above.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the parameters in the request's path
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet that will document the parameters
  - relaxedPathParameters
```
public static PathParametersSnippet relaxedPathParameters(ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request. The parameters will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the response, a failure will occur. Any undocumented parameters will be ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the parameters in the request's path
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet that will document the parameters
  - relaxedPathParameters
```
public static PathParametersSnippet relaxedPathParameters(java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request. The parameters will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the response, a failure will occur. Any undocumented parameters will be ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the parameters in the request's path
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet that will document the parameters
  - pathParameters
```
public static PathParametersSnippet pathParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes,
                                                   ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request. The given attributes will be available during snippet rendering and the parameters will be documented using the given descriptors .
    If a parameter is present in the request path, but is not documented by one of the descriptors, a failure will occur when the snippet is invoked. Similarly, if a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request path, a failure will also occur.
    If you do not want to document a path parameter, a parameter descriptor can be marked as IgnorableDescriptor.ignored(). This will prevent it from appearing in the generated snippet while avoiding the failure described above.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - the attributes
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the parameters in the request's path
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet that will document the parameters
  - pathParameters
```
public static PathParametersSnippet pathParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes,
                                                   java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request. The given attributes will be available during snippet rendering and the parameters will be documented using the given descriptors .
    If a parameter is present in the request path, but is not documented by one of the descriptors, a failure will occur when the snippet is invoked. Similarly, if a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request path, a failure will also occur.
    If you do not want to document a path parameter, a parameter descriptor can be marked as IgnorableDescriptor.ignored(). This will prevent it from appearing in the generated snippet while avoiding the failure described above.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - the attributes
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the parameters in the request's path
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet that will document the parameters
  - relaxedPathParameters
```
public static PathParametersSnippet relaxedPathParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes,
                                                          ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request. The given attributes will be available during snippet rendering and the parameters will be documented using the given descriptors .
    If a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the response, a failure will occur. Any undocumented parameters will be ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - the attributes
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the parameters in the request's path
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet that will document the parameters
  - relaxedPathParameters
```
public static PathParametersSnippet relaxedPathParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes,
                                                          java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the path parameters from the API operation's request. The given attributes will be available during snippet rendering and the parameters will be documented using the given descriptors .
    If a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the response, a failure will occur. Any undocumented parameters will be ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - the attributes
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the parameters in the request's path
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet that will document the parameters
  - requestParameters
```
public static RequestParametersSnippet requestParameters(ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parameters from the API operation's request. The parameters will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a parameter is present in the request, but is not documented by one of the descriptors, a failure will occur when the snippet is invoked. Similarly, if a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request, a failure will also occur.
    If you do not want to document a request parameter, a parameter descriptor can be marked as IgnorableDescriptor.ignored(). This will prevent it from appearing in the generated snippet while avoiding the failure described above.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parameters
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParameters()
  - requestParameters
```
public static RequestParametersSnippet requestParameters(java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parameters from the API operation's request. The parameters will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a parameter is present in the request, but is not documented by one of the descriptors, a failure will occur when the snippet is invoked. Similarly, if a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request, a failure will also occur.
    If you do not want to document a request parameter, a parameter descriptor can be marked as IgnorableDescriptor.ignored(). This will prevent it from appearing in the generated snippet while avoiding the failure described above.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parameters
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParameters()
  - relaxedRequestParameters
```
public static RequestParametersSnippet relaxedRequestParameters(ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parameters from the API operation's request. The parameters will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the response, a failure will occur. Any undocumented parameters will be ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parameters
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParameters()
  - relaxedRequestParameters
```
public static RequestParametersSnippet relaxedRequestParameters(java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parameters from the API operation's request. The parameters will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the response, a failure will occur. Any undocumented parameters will be ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parameters
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParameters()
  - requestParameters
```
public static RequestParametersSnippet requestParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes,
                                                         ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parameters from the API operation's request. The given attributes will be available during snippet rendering and the parameters will be documented using the given descriptors .
    If a parameter is present in the request, but is not documented by one of the descriptors, a failure will occur when the snippet is invoked. Similarly, if a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request, a failure will also occur.
    If you do not want to document a request parameter, a parameter descriptor can be marked as IgnorableDescriptor.ignored(). This will prevent it from appearing in the generated snippet while avoiding the failure described above.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - the attributes
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parameters
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet that will document the parameters
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParameters()
  - requestParameters
```
public static RequestParametersSnippet requestParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes,
                                                         java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parameters from the API operation's request. The given attributes will be available during snippet rendering and the parameters will be documented using the given descriptors .
    If a parameter is present in the request, but is not documented by one of the descriptors, a failure will occur when the snippet is invoked. Similarly, if a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request, a failure will also occur.
    If you do not want to document a request parameter, a parameter descriptor can be marked as IgnorableDescriptor.ignored(). This will prevent it from appearing in the generated snippet while avoiding the failure described above.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - the attributes
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parameters
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet that will document the parameters
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParameters()
  - relaxedRequestParameters
```
public static RequestParametersSnippet relaxedRequestParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes,
                                                                ParameterDescriptor... descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parameters from the API operation's request. The given attributes will be available during snippet rendering and the parameters will be documented using the given descriptors .
    If a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the response, a failure will occur. Any undocumented parameters will be ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - the attributes
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parameters
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet that will document the parameters
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParameters()
  - relaxedRequestParameters
```
public static RequestParametersSnippet relaxedRequestParameters(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes,
                                                                java.util.List<ParameterDescriptor> descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parameters from the API operation's request. The given attributes will be available during snippet rendering and the parameters will be documented using the given descriptors .
    If a parameter is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the response, a failure will occur. Any undocumented parameters will be ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - the attributes
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parameters
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet that will document the parameters
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParameters()
  - requestParts
```
public static RequestPartsSnippet requestParts(RequestPartDescriptor... descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parts from the API operation's request. The parts will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a part is present in the request, but is not documented by one of the descriptors, a failure will occur when the snippet is invoked. Similarly, if a part is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request, a failure will also occur.
    If you do not want to document a part, a part descriptor can be marked as IgnorableDescriptor.ignored(). This will prevent it from appearing in the generated snippet while avoiding the failure described above.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parts
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParts()
  - requestParts
```
public static RequestPartsSnippet requestParts(java.util.List<RequestPartDescriptor> descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parts from the API operation's request. The parts will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a part is present in the request, but is not documented by one of the descriptors, a failure will occur when the snippet is invoked. Similarly, if a part is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request, a failure will also occur.
    If you do not want to document a part, a part descriptor can be marked as IgnorableDescriptor.ignored(). This will prevent it from appearing in the generated snippet while avoiding the failure described above.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parts
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParts()
  - relaxedRequestParts
```
public static RequestPartsSnippet relaxedRequestParts(RequestPartDescriptor... descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parts from the API operation's request. The parameters will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a part is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request, a failure will occur. Any undocumented parts will be ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parts
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParts()
  - relaxedRequestParts
```
public static RequestPartsSnippet relaxedRequestParts(java.util.List<RequestPartDescriptor> descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parts from the API operation's request. The parameters will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a part is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request, a failure will occur. Any undocumented parts will be ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parts
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParts()
  - requestParts
```
public static RequestPartsSnippet requestParts(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes,
                                               RequestPartDescriptor... descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parts from the API operation's request. The given attributes will be available during snippet rendering and the parts will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a part is present in the request, but is not documented by one of the descriptors, a failure will occur when the snippet is invoked. Similarly, if a part is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request, a failure will also occur.
    If you do not want to document a part, a part descriptor can be marked as IgnorableDescriptor.ignored(). This will prevent it from appearing in the generated snippet while avoiding the failure described above.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - the attributes
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parts
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParts()
  - requestParts
```
public static RequestPartsSnippet requestParts(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes,
                                               java.util.List<RequestPartDescriptor> descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parts from the API operation's request. The given attributes will be available during snippet rendering and the parts will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a part is present in the request, but is not documented by one of the descriptors, a failure will occur when the snippet is invoked. Similarly, if a part is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request, a failure will also occur.
    If you do not want to document a part, a part descriptor can be marked as IgnorableDescriptor.ignored(). This will prevent it from appearing in the generated snippet while avoiding the failure described above.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - the attributes
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parts
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParts()
  - relaxedRequestParts
```
public static RequestPartsSnippet relaxedRequestParts(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes,
                                                      RequestPartDescriptor... descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parts from the API operation's request. The given attributes will be available during snippet rendering and the parts will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a part is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request, a failure will occur. Any undocumented parts will be ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - the attributes
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parts
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParameters()
  - relaxedRequestParts
```
public static RequestPartsSnippet relaxedRequestParts(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> attributes,
                                                      java.util.List<RequestPartDescriptor> descriptors)
```
    Returns a Snippet that will document the parts from the API operation's request. The given attributes will be available during snippet rendering and the parts will be documented using the given descriptors.
    If a part is documented, is not marked as optional, and is not present in the request, a failure will occur. Any undocumented parts will be ignored.
    
    Parameters:
    
    attributes - the attributes
    
    descriptors - the descriptions of the request's parts
    
    Returns:
    
    the snippet
    
    See Also:
    
    OperationRequest.getParameters()

Class RequestDocumentation

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Method Detail

parameterWithName

partWithName

pathParameters

pathParameters

relaxedPathParameters

relaxedPathParameters

pathParameters

pathParameters

relaxedPathParameters

relaxedPathParameters

requestParameters

requestParameters

relaxedRequestParameters

relaxedRequestParameters

requestParameters

requestParameters

relaxedRequestParameters

relaxedRequestParameters

requestParts

requestParts

relaxedRequestParts

relaxedRequestParts

requestParts

requestParts

relaxedRequestParts

relaxedRequestParts