When fetching a person or friends, there is an option to specify the person fields that the app developer can request. The spec mentions that the server will always include ID, NAME, and THUMBNAIL_URL.
But in case I want to change this default list to something else(which makes me deviate form spec, but there are few reason I want to), shindig implementation doesn’t allow me to change this gracefully. Now the question, There are two places the default fields are injected, one is in java script side and another is in java side in PersonHandler.java and both of them are hard coded. I understand the reason for injecting default fields in java side and it is to support Restful request that apparently also supports Json requests. Is there any reason its also injected in javascript side? to support PHP? Also the implementation in javascript side is different from java side. In javascript the default fields are injected no matter what the developer specifies in the fields in the person request but in java side the default fields are injected only if the developer doesn't specify anything in the fields. So for a same kind of request json request will behave differently compared to restful request. Any thoughts on this? And any plan to make this configurable? If yes I have a patch for java side. will it be better to do this in Java side and PHP side alone and remove it from javascript? Let me know if this needs more explanation and specific details. Thanks Praveen Neppalli Naga
