On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Juan Marín Otero <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > With the migration to Git and creation of branch 2.2.x done, I'd like to > gather feedback on a proposed enhancement to the REST API that I worked on a > few weeks ago, which adds configuration options for global settings and OWS > services. I wrote a GSIP with the high level description of changes > introduced at the following URL: > > http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/GSIP+76+-+Extend+REST+API+to+configure+settings+and+OWS+services > > The associated patch with unit tests and documentation for these changes is > attached in the corresponding JIRA ticket at: > > https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-5122
Looking good, I have one question related to how the REST interface is used. As far as I can see a POST is allowed if the settings to be configured is missing, and a PUT only if it's already there, see for references: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/630453/put-vs-post-in-rest http://jcalcote.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/put-or-post-the-rest-of-the-story/ As far as I know PUT can be used also for resource creation in REST, the discriminant between using POST and PUT is that with POST you don't know where the resource is going to end up, while with PUT you already know the location at which the resource should be created. Given that the settings have fixed locations that can be foreseen, wouldn't it make more sense to just use PUT for both creation and updates, and remove POST support? Cheers Andrea -- Ing. Andrea Aime GeoSolutions S.A.S. Tech lead Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 55054 Massarosa (LU) Italy phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 962313 mob: +39 339 8844549 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://geo-solutions.blogspot.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/GeoSolutionsIT http://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaaime http://twitter.com/geowolf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
