Support for JSON Patch (in addition to FHIRPath Patch in v2.0-beta2)

[marnilss]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
We are trying to integrate with Cerners Millenium system using FHIR. Most have worked successfully, but we've hit a roadblock with updates using patches, even though we tried using v2.0-beta 2.. It's because their system only supports JSON Patches, and NOT FHIRPath Patches which have been implemented in v2.0.

Describe the solution you'd like
I would like built-in support for applying patches using plain JSON patch syntax, in addition to the FHIRPath patch support.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Additional context

[alexhawdon]

A consumer of the NHS Digital's Personal Demographics Service FHIR API has also come up against this issue when attempting to integrate using Firely. At present our API also only supports JSON Patch and not FHIRPath Patches.

[marcovisserFurore]

To build the FHIR patch operation is still on our list. And it will move up the list if there is more demand for it 😄 . We had a PR for this operation last year, but it was not up to our standards.

[Kasdejong]

closed by #2753