feat: AIP-156 – Singleton resources

Author: Luke Sneeringer

aip/general/0156/aip.md.j2

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+# Singleton resources
+
+APIs sometimes need to represent a resource where exactly one instance of the
+resource always exists within any given parent. A common use case for this is
+for a configuration object, with distinct permissions from the parent resource.
+
+## Guidance
+
+An API **may** define _singleton resources_. A singleton resource **must**
+always exist by virtue of the existence of its parent, with one and exactly one
+per parent.
+
+```http
+GET /v1/publishers/{publisher}/config HTTP/2
+Host: library.googleapis.com
+Accept: application/json
+```
+
+- Singleton resources **must not** have a user-provided or system-generated ID;
+  their canonical URI includes the name of their parent followed by one
+  static-segment.
+  - Example: `publishers/lacroix/config`
+- Singleton resources **should** define a `GET` operation, which **must**
+  correspond to `GET` for individual resources (AIP-131), and **not** `GET` for
+  collections (AIP-132).
+- Singleton resources **should** define a `PATCH` operation, which **must**
+  correspond to a standard update (AIP-134).
+- Singleton resources **must not** define operations to create (AIP-133) or
+  delete (AIP-135) the resource.
+  - The service **should** reply with an HTTP 405 (Method Not Allowed) error if
+    the user sends a `POST` or `DELETE` request.
+- Singleton resources **may** define custom methods as appropriate.
+
+## Interface Definitions
+
+{% tab proto %}
+
+{% sample 'singleton.proto', 'rpc GetConfig', 'rpc UpdateConfig' %}
+
+{% endtabs %}

aip/general/0156/aip.yaml

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+---
+id: 156
+state: approved
+created: 2019-05-12
+placement:
+  category: resource-design
+  order: 70

aip/general/0156/singleton.proto

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+// Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+import "google/api/annotations.proto";
+import "google/api/client.proto";
+import "google/api/resource.proto";
+import "google/protobuf/field_mask.proto";
+
+service Library {
+  // Get the configuration for a author.
+  rpc GetConfig(GetConfigRequest) returns (Config) {
+    option (google.api.http) = {
+      get: "/v1/{name=authors/*/config}"
+    };
+    option (google.api.method_signature) = "name";
+  }
+
+  // Update the configuration for a author.
+  rpc UpdateConfig(UpdateConfigRequest) returns (Config) {
+    option (google.api.http) = {
+      patch: "/v1/{config.name=authors/*/config}"
+      body: "config"
+    };
+    option (google.api.method_signature) = "config,update_mask";
+  }
+}
+
+// Request message to get a author's config.
+message GetConfigRequest {
+  // The name of the config.
+  // Format: authors/{author}/config
+  string name = 1 [(google.api.resource_reference) = {
+    type: "library.googleapis.com/Config"
+  }];
+}
+
+// Request message to update a author's config.
+message UpdateConfigRequest {
+  // The new config object.
+  Config config = 1;
+
+  // The list of fields to be updated.
+  google.protobuf.FieldMask update_mask = 2;
+}
+
+// The configuration options for a author.
+message Config {
+  option (google.api.resource) = {
+    type: "library.googleapis.com/Config"
+    pattern: "authors/{author}/config"
+  };
+
+  // The name of the config.
+  // Format: authors/{author}/config
+  string name = 1;
+
+  // The author's preferred language.
+  string language_code = 2;
+
+  // The time zone where the author resides.
+  string time_zone = 3;
+}