Merge pull request #23 from strukturag/patch_and_head_support

Added support for HEAD and PATCH requests.

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core.go b/core.go
index b15ca8b..4d5e6c6 100644
--- a/core.go
+++ b/core.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ const (
 	POST   = "POST"
 	PUT    = "PUT"
 	DELETE = "DELETE"
+	HEAD   = "HEAD"
+	PATCH  = "PATCH"
 )
 
 // GetSupported is the interface that provides the Get
@@ -39,6 +41,18 @@ type DeleteSupported interface {
 	Delete(url.Values, http.Header) (int, interface{}, http.Header)
 }
 
+// HeadSupported is the interface that provides the Head
+// method a resource must support to receive HTTP HEADs.
+type HeadSupported interface {
+	Head(url.Values, http.Header) (int, interface{}, http.Header)
+}
+
+// PatchSupported is the interface that provides the Patch
+// method a resource must support to receive HTTP PATCHs.
+type PatchSupported interface {
+	Patch(url.Values, http.Header) (int, interface{}, http.Header)
+}
+
 // An API manages a group of resources by routing requests
 // to the correct method on a matching resource and marshalling
 // the returned data to JSON for the HTTP response.
@@ -82,6 +96,14 @@ func (api *API) requestHandler(resource interface{}) http.HandlerFunc {
 			if resource, ok := resource.(DeleteSupported); ok {
 				handler = resource.Delete
 			}
+		case HEAD:
+			if resource, ok := resource.(HeadSupported); ok {
+				handler = resource.Head
+			}
+		case PATCH:
+			if resource, ok := resource.(PatchSupported); ok {
+				handler = resource.Patch
+			}
 		}
 
 		if handler == nil {