UpdateItemEnhancedRequest does not allow specification of the ReturnItems member of the updateItem API call

[rawlinsc]

Describe the feature

The UpdateItem API call defines the ReturnItems member of the Request structure that allows callers to specify NONE | ALL_OLD | UPDATED_OLD | ALL_NEW | UPDATED_NEW for the values returned by the updateItem API call.

Use Case

I have a use case where I need to modify another table based on the changes between one column of a table when a row gets updated and would like to use the old values that were consistent prior to the update request, e.g. the ALL_OLD or UPDATED_OLD.

Proposed Solution

Add a member to the UpdateItemEnhancedRequest.Builder named returnItems, that accepts values from the com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.model.ReturnValue enum, and defaults to the current behaviour ALL_NEW, and pass it to the request instead of the constant ALL_NEW.

Other Information

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Acknowledgements

• I may be able to implement this feature request
• This feature might incur a breaking change

AWS Java SDK version used

2

JDK version used

17

Operating System and version

AL2012

[debora-ito]

I see. ReturnValues is supported in PutItemEnhancedRequest but not in UpdateItemEnhancedRequest. Feature request acknowledged.

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[debora-ito]

This is now supported in SDK version 2.26.10.

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