Hi,

People seem to be rather interested in configuring this and that with REST but 
based on the amount of questions on the mailing list it is not always so 
simple. We have a bunch of examples in 
http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/rest/examples/curl.html which are good 
starting point. But do we have documents about how the elements in the admin 
utility are mapped to corresponding XML files? For example the GUI page for 
configuring topp:states is at
http://localhost:8080/geoserver/web/?wicket:bookmarkablePage=:org.geoserver.web.data.store.DataAccessEditPage&storeName=states_shapefile&wsName=topp
It modifies XML file \data_dir\workspaces\topp\states_shapefile\datastore.xml. 
But do we have a document about what happens when user checks for example 
option "Create spatial index if missing/outdated"? By keeping datastore.xml 
open in text editor and toggling the selection I learned that it is 
adding/removing this entry
<connectionParameters>
    <entry key="create spatial index">true</entry>

Those who make configuration with the admin utility do not need to care about 
XML files but for the REST folks it would be essential to know the mapping 
between GUI controls and elements in the XML files.

-Jukka Rahkonen-

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