Updated parameter to have schema as a child property
MODIFY
versions/3.0.md
versions/3.0.md
@@ -737,8 +737,6 @@ There are four possible parameter types.
* Header - Custom headers that are expected as part of the request.
* Cookie - Used to pass a specific cookie value to the API.
-For complex parameter schemas, a serialization strategy is required.
-For all types, a serialization strategy must be declared.
##### Fixed Fields
Field Name | Type | Description
@@ -748,39 +746,25 @@ Field Name | Type | Description
<a name="parameterDescription"></a>description | `string` | A brief description of the parameter. This could contain examples of use. [CommonMark syntax](http://spec.commonmark.org/) can be used for rich text representation.
<a name="parameterRequired"></a>required | `boolean` | Determines whether this parameter is mandatory. If the parameter is [`in`](#parameterIn) "path", this property is **required** and its value MUST be `true`. Otherwise, the property MAY be included and its default value is `false`.
<a name="parameterDeprecated"></a> deprecated | `boolean` | Specifies that a parameter is deprecated and should be transitioned out of usage.
+<a name="parameterAllowEmptyValue"/>allowEmptyValue | `boolean` | Sets the ability to pass empty-valued parameters. This is valid only for `query` parameters and allows you to send a parameter with a name only or an empty value. Default value is `false`.
-The content of the parameter is specified in one of two ways. By passing a schema and content-type, complex parameters may be serialized and passed:
+The rules for serialization of the parameter are specified in one of two ways.
+For simpler scenarios, a `Style` and `Schema` can be used to describe the structure and syntax of the parameter.
Field Name | Type | Description
---|:---:|---
-<a name="parameterContent"></a>content | [Content Object](#contentObject) | The content of the request body.
+<a name="parameterStyle"></a>style | `string` | Describes how the parameter value will be serialized depending on type of the parameter value.
+<a name="parameterExplode"></a>explode | `boolean` | When this is true, parameter values of type `array` or `object` generate seperate parameters for each value of the array, or key-value-pair of the map. For other types of parameters this property has no effect. The default value is false.
+<a name="parameterAllowReserved"></a>allowReserved | `boolean` | Determines whether the parameter value should allow reserved characters, as defined by [RFC3986](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-2.2) `:/?#[]@!$&'()*+,;=` to be included without percent-encoding. This property only applies to parameters with an `in` value of `query`. The default value is `false`.
+<a name="parameterSchema"></a>schema | [Schema Object](#schemaObject) | The schema defining the type used for the parameter.
-By defining a subset of JSON-schema properties:
+For more complex scenarios a `content` object can be used to define the media-type and schema of the parameter.
Field Name | Type | Description
---|:---:|---
-<a name="parameterType"></a>type | `string` | **Required.** The type of the parameter. Since the parameter is not located at the request body, it is limited to simple types (that is, not an object). The value MUST be one of `"string"`, `"number"`, `"integer"`, `"boolean"`, `"array"` or `"object"`.
-<a name="parameterFormat"></a>format | `string` | The extending format for the previously mentioned [`type`](#parameterType). See [Data Type Formats](#dataTypeFormat) for further details.
-<a name="parameterStyle"></a>style | `string` | Describes how the parameter value will be serialized depending on the specified [`type`](#parameterType).
-<a name="parameterAllowReserved"></a>allowReserved | `boolean` | Determines whether the parameter value should allow reserved characters, as defined by [RFC3986](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-2.2) `:/?#[]@!$&'()*+,;=` to be included without percent-encoding. This property only applies to parameters with an `in` value of `query`. The default value is `false`.
-<a name="parameterExplode"></a>explode | `boolean` | When this is true, parameter values of type `array` or `object` generate seperate parameters for each value of the array, or key-value-pair of the map. For other types of parameters this property has no effect. The default value is false.
-<a name="parameterAllowEmptyValue"/>allowEmptyValue | `boolean` | Sets the ability to pass empty-valued parameters. This is valid only for `query` parameters and allows you to send a parameter with a name only or an empty value. Default value is `false`.
-<a name="parameterItems"></a>items | [Items Object](#itemsObject) | **Required if [`type`](#parameterType) is "array".** Describes the type of items in the array.
-<a name="parameterDefault"></a>default | * | Declares the value of the parameter that the server will use if none is provided, for example a "count" to control the number of results per page might default to 100 if not supplied by the client in the request. (Note: "default" has no meaning for required parameters.) See http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor101. Unlike JSON Schema this value MUST conform to the defined [`type`](#parameterType) for this parameter.
-<a name="parameterMaximum"></a>maximum | `number` | See http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor17.
-<a name="parameterExclusiveMaximum"></a>exclusiveMaximum | `boolean` | See http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor17.
-<a name="parameterMinimum"></a>minimum | `number` | See http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor21.
-<a name="parameterExclusiveMinimum"></a>exclusiveMinimum | `boolean` | See http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor21.
-<a name="parameterMaxLength"></a>maxLength | `integer` | See http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor26.
-<a name="parameterMinLength"></a>minLength | `integer` | See http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor29.
-<a name="parameterPattern"></a>pattern | `string` | See http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor33.
-<a name="parameterMaxItems"></a>maxItems | `integer` | See http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor42.
-<a name="parameterMinItems"></a>minItems | `integer` | See http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor45.
-<a name="parameterUniqueItems"></a>uniqueItems | `boolean` | See http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor49.
-<a name="parameterEnum"></a>enum | [*] | See http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor76.
-<a name="parameterMultipleOf"></a>multipleOf | `number` | See http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor14.
-
-In order to support alternate ways of serializing parameters, a set of `style` values are defined.
+<a name="parameterContent"></a>content | [Content Object](#contentObject) | The content of the request body.
+
+In order to support common ways of serializing simple parameters, a set of `style` values are defined.
`style` | [`type`](#dataTypeType) | `in` | Comments
----------- | ------ | -------- | --------

Updated parameter to have schema as a child property