Hi Antonio,
By default a router will route requests to the best matching resource.
So if two urls overlap, such as /mail_list and /mail_list/{msg_ID}
then a request for /mail_list/abc will go to the second url as it
matches more of the requested url than /main_list.
Regards,
Michael.
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 2:38 AM, antoniojg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, I'm designing an application that retrieves some email messages from a
> DB back end.
> I'd like to use Rest to put and get messages on the db. A component is later
> responsible of retrieving them from the DB and storing them on a PEC inboox
> and for getting mails from the inboox and storing them on the DB. The DB
> layer is essential for data maintenance since the inboox is constantly
> cleared.
> In my application each mail is identified by a msg_id and each mail can have
> several attachments
>
> So I have the following urls :
>
> mail_list : get all the application related emails and post a new message
>
> mail_list/{msg_ID} in order to get, update and delete a specific message
>
> mail_list/{msg_ID}/attachment to get all the attachments and post a new one
>
> mail_list/{msg_ID}/attachment/{att_id} to get, put and delete a specific
> attachment
>
> and so on.
>
> My doubt is related to how to configure the urls in order to manage requests
> for email specific attachments : mail_list/{msg_ID}/attachment/{att_id}
>
> There are two parameters here {msg_ID} and {att_id} . I can attach the
> resource mail list to the url /mail_list and the engine will be able to
> manage the parameter msg_ID through the API.
>
> However, how can I configure the mappings in order to reach the attachment
> resource if the url always starts with mail_list/{msg_ID}/attachment......?
>
> I' d be greatful isf someone may help me resolving this doubt.
> Thanks.
> Antonio.
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