On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Greg Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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!)
Are you sure that query params cannot be set when there is a post body? I could have sworn we specifically fixed that to work. Can you send me a test case? > > 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] >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > -- Henry Minsky Software Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED]
