Ok I have found in the Abdera unit tests and examples some code that indicates that the following url should return the list of categories associated to the specified entry:
http://localhost:8080/imdb/atom/movies/630226;categories What I am trying to understand is the URL scheme to use to request the collection of movies that are part of say, both the scifi and top100 categories. Of course, I could do something like .../movies?cat=scifi&top100, but I believe the best practice is to specify the categories as part of the URL path... Am I right? Remy -----Original Message----- From: Remy Gendron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 29, 2008 15:52 To: abdera-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: Categories example And just to be clear, I understand the Atom spec of the categories document, and how categories can be added to an entry, be it on the server side (Entry.addCategory) or the client side (atom:category element). I need to understand how it relates to URIs... Thanks, Rémy [EMAIL PROTECTED] 418 809-8585 http://arrova.ca -----Original Message----- From: Remy Gendron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 29, 2008 15:40 To: abdera-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: Categories example More questions: I see that AbstractProvider will call the adapter's getCategories on a GET for entries that are part of one or more categories: Question 1) I cannot decipher from the Route implementation how you specify one of more categories for a feed request. Could you provide expansion examples for base/:collection/:entry;categories, as defined in DefaultProvider. Question 2) I use AbstractEntityCollectionAdapter. Is there proper integration for categories support with this entity oriented adapter? Question 3) On a getEntries, I know how to fetch the parameters from the request and use them to fetch the entries. Assuming that getCategories is called, do I only have to retrieve the categories from the URL path and fetch the matching entries? Is the scheme used to specify the categories (which I don't know at the moment - see question 1) part of some Atom specifications? How does this compare with the GDATA path/-/category/category/... scheme? I have seen in the Abdera codebase how to add category info to a feed. That part is clearer. Thanks again, Rémy [EMAIL PROTECTED] 418 809-8585 http://arrova.ca -----Original Message----- From: Remy Gendron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 29, 2008 14:54 To: abdera-user@incubator.apache.org Subject: Categories example I was looking for an example of dealing with categories. I am using the DefaultProvider implementation, hence the RouteManager, which defines a route I have trouble interpreting. How would the URL to access a collection category look like? What is the contract of the AbstractCollectionAdapter with regard to category support (getCategories(RequestContext)). Thanks, Rémy -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.6/1403 - Release Date: 29/04/2008 7:26 AM -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.6/1403 - Release Date: 29/04/2008 7:26 AM
