Oh and I'm bccing the spec mailing list - implementation discussions don't take place on the spec list.
- Cassie 2008/4/10 Cassie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think rest should == social because they will essentially be the > same server. I don't have time to code it right now though, so the > patch looks fine and ill draw up another patch for merging the two > next week. > > - Cassie > > > > > 2008/4/9 Kevin Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Yeah, that looks right -- does maven tolerate dashes, though? > > > > 2008/4/9 Daniel Danger Bentley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SHINDIG-174 should be step-1 (or > > maybe step-.5 on this). > > > > > > You alright with me checking this in? > > > > > > > > > 2008/4/9 Kevin Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Jun, > > > > > > > > The first thing you're going to need to do is set up a new sub project > > for the RESTful stuff. The correct location would be trunk/java/rest > > probably (pick whatever name you like). > > > > > > > > For the time being, feel free to just directly import the gadgets > > artifacts into the REST project until we get the shared parts (OAuth, > > crypto, app data interfaces, etc.) moved out into a separate sub-project. > > > > > > > > We'll need to ensure that the top level pom can generate all > appropriate > > artifacts as well, so that someone can easily use just the restful api, > just > > the gadget renderer, or both. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Jun Yang (杨骏) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all. > > > > > > > > > > We would like to propose an implementation for "A modest proposal for > > an OpenSocial RESTful API". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We propose the following: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Use Apache Abdera as the basis of the reference server implementation > > > > > Add a JsonCParser to support input in JSON-c format (JSON-c for > > compact JSON format as specified in the API spec, not a new MIME type) > > > > > Add a JsonCWriter to support output in JSON-c format > > > > > Add an OpenSocial API (Person, Activity and AppData, Java version > > under org.apache.shindig.social.opensocial) adapter to integrate with > > existing API implementation and keep the same interface on the backend and > > the client > > > > > for the following reasons: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The RESTful API proposal supports a clean and natural JSON format > > (JSON-c) as well as AtomPub. Apache Abdera is an open source reference > > implementation of AtomPub that offers most of the functionality we need. > > Reusing it seems to be natural choice > > > > > Abdera already supports input in Atom. We need to add support for > > input in JSON-c > > > > > Abdera already supports output in Atom (as well as a JSON format). > We > > need to add support for output in JSON-c > > > > > Abdera's support for adapters that translate from a foreign data > > format and protocol into its Feed Object Model (FOM) comes handy to support > > existing data sources such as relational databases and existing > > implementation of OpenSocial APIs. Existing OpenSocial APIs are very close > > to Atom's model and can be adapted easily > > > > > We have includes two diagrams as illustration of the architecture of > > the proposed implementation. Diagram 1 shows the generic architecture. > > Those components in italics are to be written. Diagram 2 shows the use of > > two adapters, iBATIS (existing in Abdera) to integrate with relational > > databases, and OpenSocial API adapter (to be written), to integrate with > > existing OpenSocial backend. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please review and comment. Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Vasu Nori and Jun Yang > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ~Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 'Ladislav Sticha, the tall spokesman for Czech Television, told me that > > the show's audience was "miniature" -- presumably he meant small in > number.' > > - New York Times, January 24, 2008 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ~Kevin > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "OpenSocial and Gadgets Specification Discussion" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-and-gadgets-spec?hl=en > > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > > > >
