Re: [Geoserver-users] REST Configuration API

[Patel, R. A. \(US SSA\) <ron...@ba...>]

Justin,

If you are not available, is there someone else I can ping with
questions?

I am trying to get this up and running today.

Ronak
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Deoliveira [mailto:jde...@op...] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:44 AM
To: Patel, Ronak Avinash (US SSA)
Cc: geo...@li...
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] REST Configuration API

Patel, Ronak Avinash (US SSA) wrote:
> Another question,
> 
> How can I specify which coverages I want to appear in which layers?
> And...do I need to use Styles in order to make layers?

Well first you have to add the coverage. This will implicitly create a 
layer for you which references the coverage under the name 
<ws>:<coverageName>

You should be able to create a layer without specifying a default style,

but one will be assigned to it implicitly.
> 
> I don't intend to reverse engineer the whole thing...just the parts
that
> I need so I can get moving.
> 
> Ronak
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Deoliveira [mailto:jde...@op...] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:14 AM
> To: Patel, Ronak Avinash (US SSA)
> Cc: geo...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] REST Configuration API
> 
> Nope, pretty much spread out across the globe from Vancouver to Sydney
> :)
> 
> Patel, Ronak Avinash (US SSA) wrote:
>> I'm also on PST...I thought you guys were all in Europe...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Justin Deoliveira [mailto:jde...@op...] 
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:06 AM
>> To: Patel, Ronak Avinash (US SSA)
>> Cc: geo...@li...
>> Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] REST Configuration API
>>
>> I will be around for 2-3 more hours, and then online later tonight
>> (PST).
>>
>> Patel, Ronak Avinash (US SSA) wrote:
>>> Justin,
>>>
>>> Yes, I am doing that now...kinda have to just to fill out values so
I
>>> can POST and GET and make sense of the data.
>>>
>>> It's very hard to traverse a DOM when you don't know what the DOM
> even
>>> looks like....
>>>
>>> I will send it to you for review before I start to use it in my
>>> application.
>>>
>>> How long will you be available today?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Ronak
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Justin Deoliveira [mailto:jde...@op...] 
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:01 AM
>>> To: Patel, Ronak Avinash (US SSA)
>>> Cc: geo...@li...
>>> Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] REST Configuration API
>>>
>>> Well... xstream is nice and simple. You do not need to define a
> schema
>>> or antyhing to serialize and deserialize objects. We also had a
bunch
>> of
>>> a xstream based stuff around for serializing the exact same objects,
>> so 
>>> it made sense to reuse it.
>>>
>>> Part of my hesitation of publishing a schema at this point is that
>> this 
>>> api is very new, and will undoubtedly change. But I realize this
> makes
>>> it hard for the client since there is no great way to figure out
what
>> a 
>>> legal representation is.
>>>
>>> Anyways, if you do reverse engineer a schema and would be willing to

>>> share it I would be happy to review it, and incorporate it into the
>> api.
>>> -Justin
>>>
>>> Patel, Ronak Avinash (US SSA) wrote:
>>>> In the meantime, I'll have to improvise and make up the schema on
my
>>> own
>>>> based on the data I see in the examples on your site.
>>>>
>>>> Why did your team decide to use XStream rather than the popular
JAXB
>>> or
>>>> XMLBeans Java <-> XML binding APIs?
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Justin Deoliveira [mailto:jde...@op...] 
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:43 AM
>>>> To: Patel, Ronak Avinash (US SSA)
>>>> Cc: geo...@li...
>>>> Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] REST Configuration API
>>>>
>>>> Patel, Ronak Avinash (US SSA) wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am exploring the new REST Configuration API and I was curious
>> about
>>>>> the XML datatype.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you provide an XSD schema that lists the type of data
structures
>>>> that
>>>>> would be returned from geoserver?
>>>> Unfortunately no, not yet. The library we use (XStream) does not
>>> provide
>>>> any facility for generating an XML schema, nor should it really. So
>>> one 
>>>> thing I was was thinking of was coming up with one manually, but 
>>>> something i have not got around with.
>>>>> This would work out well with a JAXB or XMLBeans.
>>>> Another thing I would like to do is publish a java based client
api.
> 
>>>> Actually there is a summer of code project for this. That way
client
> 
>>>> code would really have to worry about what the exact XML
>>> representation 
>>>> looks like.
>>>>> Thanks!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Ronak Patel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>
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