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Eric Woods closed SHINDIG-1547.
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Patch has been in use for several months. The change is considered permanent.
> Support for Arbitrary & Dynamic Extensions in Shindig Data Model
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> Key: SHINDIG-1547
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SHINDIG-1547
> Project: Shindig
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Eric Woods
> Attachments: 110610 dynamic extensions.txt
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> This is a much-needed improvement to the Shindig REST API. This patch adds
> support for dynamic extensions to Shindig's data model. For example, fields
> that are not explicitly defined in ActivityEntry may be posted to the
> Activity Streams REST API, and Shindig will receive, persist, and retrieve
> them properly. This will circumvent the need for continued maintenance as
> field requirements change, especially for internal changes that aren't pushed
> back to Shindig.
> To enable dynamic extensions to an existing data model, simply extend
> ExtendableBean.
> I recommend using the JSON API when handling extensions. The JSON API fully
> supports all CRUD operations with extensions "out-of-the-box".
> The XML API has a number of limitations with respect to extensions due
> Shindig's design and use of xstream:
> * To serialize extensions to XML, the extension's field name must be
> predefined in the parent POJO.
> * Serialization of dynamic extensions doesn't follow all OpenSocial
> conventions
> * Limited XML POST support (which has always been the case)
> *Please review*
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