Hi Julian, While WebDAV would be really preferable, I take your word that WebDAV as a protocol is not possible (I believe you know a thing or two about WebDAV).
However, the transport protocol is only one aspect. For the sake of the argument assume a custom protocol for transport. What is still missing from a repository perspective is the capability for random writes into binaries. I think it is the latter that we should look at in the context of this use case. Cheers Michael On 01/06/16 14:23, "Julian Reschke" <[email protected]> wrote: ><https://wiki.apache.org/jackrabbit/JCR%20Binary%20Usecase> > >> UC7 - Random write access in binaries >> >> Think: a video file exposed onto the desktop via WebDAV. Desktop tools would >> do random writes in that file. How can we cover this use case without >> up/downloading the large file. (essentially: random write access in binaries) > >I don't think we can construct a use case here, as there is no standard >HTTP (or WebDAV) way to *write* byte ranges. > >The WebDAV drivers I'm aware of handle this by caching the complete file >locally, applying the change, and re-uploading the whole file. > >Best regards, Julian
