I just want to touch base on the SLOLO REST support for 4.2. This may
be more of a swf question but if anyone could comment, it would be
appreciated. (We are getting closer to a release and need to know
whether/how to hack our backend service to do workarounds. I almost
had a workaround for current 4.2b2 swf8 code but then discovered that
query params could not be set when a body is given, argh!)
Review of a completely transparent REST/HTTP interface:
1. All methods supported, PUT/DELETE in addition to GET/POST.
2. For all method types, independently set:
(a) request headers,
(b) query params,
(c) body/content.
3. For all responses (all method types), whether status OK or not, get:
(a) status,
(b) response headers,
(c) body/content (parse returned XML).
(The odd thing is that this is the basic HTTP protocol and, in some
ways, is simpler to implement than constraining things as is currently
done.)
I presume that this would only be available on swf9/DHTML, right?
Thanks.
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Greg Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the update and all the good work. My brief testing with
> 4.2alpha didn't go so well, I'll wait for the beta to be more
> thorough.
>
> Openlaszlo has such a good fundamental design for rapid application
> development that to hobble easily programmable communication with
> backend services over such a simple, open standard would be a loss.
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Henry Minsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> A matrix is a good idea!
>>
>> Here is my understanding of what should work for SOLO http operations
>>
>> SWF8 SWF9 DHTML
>> GET X X X
>> POST X* X X
>> PUT X X
>> DELETE X X
>>
>> * in swf8, you can set the postbody to be a valid XML document, and that
>> content
>> will be posted verbatim. If you make something which is not valid XML, it
>> will be posted
>> as a string which is XML-escaped.
>>
>> If you see different behavior, please post a note to me or file a bug report
>> with the details.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Greg Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Can anyone summarize the SOLO REST support that is (alpha)/will be
>>> (release) working in 4.2? A matrix would be nice :-). In the wiki even
>>> nicer so we wouldn't have to search so much.
>>> http://wiki.openlaszlo.org/Laszlo_on_REST looks like only proposals,
>>> need to track current status.
>>>
>>> swf8, swf9, dhtml
>>> POST
>>> PUT
>>> DELETE
>>>
>>> request set headers?
>>> response get headers, status code?
>>> cross-domain issues?
>>>
>>> I assume no problems with GET (other than maybe confusion with
>>> setQueryParams, LPP-6586).
>>>
>>> POST body looks like it Is fixed in 4.2beta:
>>> http://www.openlaszlo.org/jira/browse/LPP-6683
>>>
>>> Might want to close this (or mark duplicate?):
>>> http://www.openlaszlo.org/jira/browse/LPP-2195
>>>
>>> Pretty good overview of past problems (close and/or add comment, link to
>>> wiki?):
>>> http://www.openlaszlo.org/jira/browse/LPP-1045
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Henry Minsky
>> Software Architect
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
