Could we define a static final String GLOBAL_WORKSPACE = "" internally to
represent <workspace/> ?

Can we use the empty string <workspace><workspace/> to represent "change
me"?
--
Jody Garnett


On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 06:19, Niels Charlier <[email protected]> wrote:

> I prefer 3 too, but the main problem with all three suggestions is also
> one of the implementation kind.
>
> The XML/Json is parsed by the configured "XStream%MessageConverter", and
> converter to a StyleInfo object, which the REST controller receives.
>
> The REST controller has therefore no way of knowing whether the workspace
> tag is present or not, because in both cases workspace = null.
>
> How can we even make a difference in the StyleInfo object between "don't
> change me" and "set this to null"? In particular, knowing that null means
> "global" when we are talking about a persisted style, but "don't change me"
> in the context of a REST message.
>
> Regards
>
> Niels
> On 23/07/2019 15:06, Jody Garnett wrote:
>
> May need to introduce a change, even a documentation change.
>
> 1) Marker string of some sort - any suggestion seems bad: "(global)"
> 2) Change the REST API assumption so that workspace is considered null if
> not provided.
> 3) For XML ideally we should use an empty <workspace/> tag - I think that
> is the most explicit (although I do not know what that looks like in JSON).
>
> I think option 3 is the most explicit and the least disruptive, we can
> discuss in today's meeting.
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 05:38, Niels Charlier <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions on making it possible the change the
>> workspace back to null using REST?
>>
>> I found some more issues with the style rest service, see
>>
>> https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-9293
>> On 23/07/2019 14:18, Niels Charlier wrote:
>>
>> https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/3672
>> On 18/07/2019 11:42, Andrea Aime wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:22 AM Niels Charlier <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> What if it was still empty but we made sure that the line has a normal
>>> height? Maybe just css or passing a string with a space " " ?
>>>
>>
>> Works too. I've tried to pass a string with a space, did not work, but I
>> was just fumbling with it past working hours.... so I suggest
>> you try that again. CSS sounds like a promising avenue too
>>
>> Cheers
>> Andrea
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