I personally have no objection in relaxing the URL validation done in the UI. What if instead of a hard validation that prevents submitting the form, we just show a small warning message when the metadata URL text field loses focus (i.e. perform the validation through an ajax call).
disclaimer: some of all of the above may be pure non sense. On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Michael Romero <mrom...@forwardslope.com> wrote: > After the change to the metadata URL back links (GEOS-5167, GEOS-5219), > it is possible to use a URI instead of a full URL. I know this was > implemented for cite purposes but it is also be a useful feature. One > could put in /path/to/metadata in the web UI (or via REST) and in the > capabilities response the URL would be > http://proxy-url/path/to/metadata. This is really handy in the case > where you have different stages of production servers (alpha, beta, > production). The metadata URLs would not have to be changed by hand for > each layer. > > The only thing preventing this use case is the URL validation of the web > UI. Would there be any negative impact to changing this to URI > validation or changing the URL validation to allow no protocol/host/port? > > Thanks, > Michael > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel -- Gabriel Roldan OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Expert service straight from the developers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
