Re: [Exist-development] List of collection actions for administration tool

[Adam R. <ad...@ex...>]

Well I think we should make use of Restful URI's -

i.e. HTTP PUT /exist/rest/db/col1
i.e. HTTP DELETE /exist/rest/db/col2

That functionality probably already exists to be honest...

Other things which cannot be expressed directly via HTTP could be done
via  a script -

i.e. HTTP GET /exist/rest/db/system/webclient/collection/move?source=/db/col1&destination=/db/col2
i.e. HTTP GET /exist/rest/db/system/webclient/collection/copy?source=/db/col1&destination=/db/col2

or maybe you want something more like -

HTTP GET /exist/rest/db/col1?move&destination=/db/col2
HTTP GET /exist/rest/db/col1?copy&destination=/db/col2


If we are doing this in a Restful manner, it is very very important to
think about the URI scheme from the start before we think about
anything else.




2009/11/18 Thomas White <tho...@gm...>:
> I would like to propose an "object-action" name convention. For example:
>       collection-create
>       collection-delete
>       collection-copy
>       collection-move
>       index-create
>       index-update
>
> To me it is more natural to define the entity I  am going to work with
> first, and then talk about the action.
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> 2009/11/18 Adam Retter <ad...@ex...>
>>
>> > By creating RESTful interfaces for each action we can do UNIT testing on
>> > the
>> > actions and also allow anyone to easily extend the interface to match
>> > their
>> > requirements.
>>
>> You can also decide on the UI later, or create more than one possible
>> UI that uses the same back end.
>>
>> I suggest that all back-end REST interfaces are constructed and tested
>> in advance of any UI code!
>> I would also suggest that the back-end should follow an MVC
>> approach... well at least the M and C parts for the time being!
>>
>>
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