Add support for HTTP PATCH method

src/com/androidquery/AbstractAQuery.java

@@ -2159,8 +2159,44 @@ public <K> T put(String url, JSONObject jo, Class<K> type, AjaxCallback<K> callb
 
 
     }
-
-
+
+    /**
+     * Ajax HTTP patch.
+     *
+     * The handler signature must be (String url, <K> object, AjaxStatus status)
+     *
+     * @param url url
+     * @param contentHeader Content header
+     * @param entity entity
+     * @param type reponse type
+     * @param callback callback method name
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public <K> T patch(String url, String contentHeader, HttpEntity entity, Class<K> type, AjaxCallback<K> callback) {
+        callback.url(url).type(type).method(AQuery.METHOD_PATCH).header("Content-Type", contentHeader).param(AQuery.POST_ENTITY, entity);
+        return ajax(callback);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ajax HTTP patch.
+     *
+     * The handler signature must be (String url, <K> object, AjaxStatus status)
+     *
+     * @param url url
+     * @param jo JSON object
+     * @param type reponse type
+     * @param callback callback method name
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public <K> T patch(String url, JSONObject jo, Class<K> type, AjaxCallback<K> callback) {
+        try {
+            StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(jo.toString(), "UTF-8");
+            return patch(url, "application/json", entity, type, callback);
+        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Ajax HTTP delete.

src/com/androidquery/callback/AbstractAjaxCallback.java

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
 import com.androidquery.util.AQUtility;
 import com.androidquery.util.Common;
 import com.androidquery.util.Constants;
+import com.androidquery.util.HttpPatch;
 import com.androidquery.util.PredefinedBAOS;
 import com.androidquery.util.Progress;
 import com.androidquery.util.XmlDom;
@@ -1364,7 +1365,9 @@ private void network() throws IOException{
 			}else{
 				if(isMultiPart(params)){
 					httpMulti(url, params, status);
-				}else{
+				}else if (Constants.METHOD_PATCH == method){
+                    httpPatch(url, params, status);
+                } else {
 					httpPost(url, params, status);
 				}
 
@@ -1495,8 +1498,17 @@ private void httpPut(String url, Map<String, Object> params, AjaxStatus status)
 		httpEntity(url, req, params, status);
 
 	}
-
-
+
+    private void httpPatch(String url, Map<String, Object> params, AjaxStatus status) throws ClientProtocolException, IOException{
+
+        AQUtility.debug("patch", url);
+
+        HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase req = new HttpPatch(url);
+
+        httpEntity(url, req, params, status);
+
+    }
+
 	private void httpEntity(String url, HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase req, Map<String, Object> params, AjaxStatus status) throws ClientProtocolException, IOException{
 
 		//This setting seems to improve post performance

src/com/androidquery/util/Constants.java

@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ public interface Constants {
 	public static final int METHOD_DELETE = 2;
 	public static final int METHOD_PUT = 3;
 	public static final int METHOD_DETECT = 4;
-
+    public static final int METHOD_PATCH = 5;
+
 	public static final int TAG_URL = 0x40FF0001;
 	public static final int TAG_SCROLL_LISTENER = 0x40FF0002;
 	public static final int TAG_LAYOUT = 0x40FF0003;

src/com/androidquery/util/HttpPatch.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.androidquery.util;
+
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
+
+public class HttpPatch extends HttpPost {
+    public static final String METHOD_PATCH = "PATCH";
+
+    public HttpPatch(final String url) {
+        super(url);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getMethod() {
+        return METHOD_PATCH;
+    }
+}