On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Stefan de Konink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave Stubbs schreef:
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>> I think it has been solved: just implement the API the way it is.
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> That is the actual question. Why does the api require a {node|way|relation}
> if the actual XML, first child, already gives this information?Because it lets you easily route the request to the relevant piece of server code without having to parse the (potentially large) payload first. ie: http://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/sites/rails_port/config/routes.rb which dispatches the API commands to the relevant rails controller and action to handle the request. It is of course possible to do it without that. YMMV on whether this gains or loses much, but it changes the API quite a lot in the process which is probably a bad thing without a clear cut gain. Dave _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
