hi rob,
the default configuration of the import/export catalogs are in a
manner, that provide a more or less 'normal' fileserver. MKCOL creates
folders, PUT creates files. it is completely up to you to alter the
command chains for your purpose.

cheers, tobi

On 7/20/05, Rob Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To make the WebDAV view (/repository or SimpleWebdavServlet) in the 
> jcr-server webapp more general, it seems that PROPFIND should return all (or 
> at least all user-defined) properties found on the node. At the moment it 
> only returns pseudo-properties (essential WebDAV properties) that are created 
> from node metadata. If there are user defined properties on these nodes then 
> they should be returned in a PROPFIND request. I'm not sure how these would 
> be identified, but might be something like any properties not defined in some 
> namespaces (eg. nt, jcr, rep). At the moment, these properties will not exist 
> as they cannot be set on the nodetypes created using this servlet (see below).
> 
> In order to support PROPPATCH, DAVResourceImpl was modified, but discovered 
> it creates nt:folder nodes for WebDAV collections and nt:file nodes for 
> WebDAV non-collection resources. These nodetypes do not allow additional 
> properties to be set and so this in itself prevents PROPPATCH from working. 
> Would the recommended route be to change the nodetypes created (eg. to 
> nt:unstructured or something else) in order to be able to set arbitrary 
> properties on the JCR nodes and thereby provide the ability to fully support 
> WebDAV's PROPPATCH?
> 
> Full support for PROPFIND/PROPPATCH is required for some existing WebDAV 
> applications to use jackrabbit as the content repository. Any suggestions on 
> the best route would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rob.
> 
> 


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