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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+    detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+    tree and available online at
+
+    http://www.dspace.org/license/
+
+-->
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+           http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
+
+    <bean id="patchConfigurationService" class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.PatchConfigurationService">
+        <property name="map">
+            <map>
+                <entry key="move">
+                    <map>
+                        <!-- WARNING do not change "key" it match with Java code (TODO dynamic discover from PATCH operation); -->
+                        <entry key="itemmetadata">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.ItemMetadataValueMovePatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="bitstreammetadata">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.BitstreamMetadataValueMovePatchOperation">
+                                <property name="bitstreamMetadataValuePathUtils" ref="org.dspace.app.rest.utils.BitstreamMetadataValuePathUtils" />
+                            </bean>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="bitstreammove">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.BitstreamMovePatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                    </map>
+                </entry>
+                <entry key="add">
+                    <map>
+                        <!-- WARNING do not change "key" it match with Java code (TODO dynamic discover from PATCH operation); -->
+                        <entry key="itemmetadata">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.ItemMetadataValueAddPatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="bitstreammetadata">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.BitstreamMetadataValueAddPatchOperation">
+                                <property name="bitstreamMetadataValuePathUtils" ref="org.dspace.app.rest.utils.BitstreamMetadataValuePathUtils" />
+                            </bean>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="granted">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.LicenseAddPatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="upload.accessConditions">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.BitstreamResourcePolicyAddPatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="cclicense/uri">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.CCLicenseAddPatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="accessConditions">
+                            <bean class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.AccessConditionAddPatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                    </map>
+                </entry>
+                <entry key="remove">
+                    <map>
+                        <!-- WARNING do not change "key" it match with Java code (TODO dynamic discover from PATCH operation); -->
+                        <entry key="itemmetadata">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.ItemMetadataValueRemovePatchOperation" />
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="bitstreammetadata">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.BitstreamMetadataValueRemovePatchOperation">
+                                <property name="bitstreamMetadataValuePathUtils" ref="org.dspace.app.rest.utils.BitstreamMetadataValuePathUtils" />
+                            </bean>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="granted">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.LicenseRemovePatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="bitstreamremove">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.BitstreamRemovePatchOperation" />
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="upload.accessConditions">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.BitstreamResourcePolicyRemovePatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="cclicense/uri">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.CCLicenseRemovePatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="accessConditions">
+                            <bean class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.AccessConditionRemovePatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                    </map>
+                </entry>
+                <entry key="replace">
+                    <map>
+                        <!-- WARNING do not change "key" it match with Java code (TODO dynamic discover from PATCH operation); -->
+                        <entry key="itemmetadata">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.ItemMetadataValueReplacePatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="bitstreammetadata">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.BitstreamMetadataValueReplacePatchOperation">
+                                <property name="bitstreamMetadataValuePathUtils" ref="org.dspace.app.rest.utils.BitstreamMetadataValuePathUtils" />
+                            </bean>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="granted">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.LicenseReplacePatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="upload.accessConditions">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.BitstreamResourcePolicyReplacePatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="collection">
+                            <bean
+                                    class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.CollectionReplacePatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="discoverable">
+                            <bean class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.AccessConditionDiscoverableReplacePatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                        <entry key="accessConditions">
+                            <bean class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.factory.impl.AccessConditionReplacePatchOperation"/>
+                        </entry>
+                    </map>
+                </entry>
+            </map>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+
+    <bean id="org.dspace.app.rest.utils.BitstreamMetadataValuePathUtils" class="org.dspace.app.rest.utils.BitstreamMetadataValuePathUtils"/>
+</beans>