From 6a3367f1a4cb7a761a15a4508468be9453962c92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Waldek Mastykarz <waldek@mastykarz.nl>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 15:38:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes generating patch operations in TSP. Closes #1172

---
 dev-proxy-plugins/TypeSpec/Http.cs | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dev-proxy-plugins/TypeSpec/Http.cs b/dev-proxy-plugins/TypeSpec/Http.cs
index 93c4cb19..0bf558fc 100644
--- a/dev-proxy-plugins/TypeSpec/Http.cs
+++ b/dev-proxy-plugins/TypeSpec/Http.cs
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ override public string ToString()
             sb.AppendLine($"@useAuth({Auth.ToString()})");
         }
         sb.Append($"op {Name}(");
-        sb.AppendJoin(", ", Parameters.Select(p => p.ToString()));
+        sb.AppendJoin(", ", Parameters.Select(p => p.ToString(this)));
         sb.Append("): ");
         sb.AppendJoin(" | ", Responses.Select(r => r.GetModelName()));
         sb.Append(';');
@@ -266,11 +266,19 @@ internal class Parameter
     public required string Name { get; init; }
     public string? Value { get; init; }
 
-    override public string ToString()
+    public override string ToString()
+    {
+        throw new NotImplementedException("Use ToString(Operation op) instead.");
+    }
+
+    public string ToString(Operation op)
     {
         var value = Value?.IndexOfAny([' ', '/', '-', ';']) == -1
             ? Value
             : $"\"{Value}\"";
+        value = op.Method == HttpVerb.Patch && In == ParameterLocation.Body
+            ? $"MergePatchUpdate<{value}>"
+            : value;
         if (Name.IndexOf('-') > -1)
         {
             var target = Name;