Hi,
Where can I get a source code for the package "
org.apache.commons.httpclient" and " org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods
Thanx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nelis Bijl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 1:58 PM
Subject: MOVE/DELETE and Macro class
> Hi,
>
> A MOVE request is handled by Macro.move which performs a copy followed
> by a delete.
> This has the following drawbacks:
> - The underlying store might provide an API for moving that is much
> faster. In unix terms:
> moving an INODE is much faster than copying a complete sub-tree and
> deleting the source
> afterwards. I would suggest adding 'moveXxx' methods to the various
> store interfaces just like
> 'createXxx', 'retrieveXxx', 'storeXxx', etc. (the default
> implementation could still be copy followed by
> delete).
> - The permissions for deletion are checked after the copy operation.
> This means that you need to
> wait for the full copy operation (and it's rollback) before an error
> response is sent.
>
> A DELETE request is handled by Macro.deleteObject which performs a
> recursive delete of the complete sub-tree.
> Just like with MOVE the underlying store might have a direct API that
> performs a recursive delete.
>
>
> Previously Krister Saleck has asked for something like this (subject:
> Server-side WebDAV API)
> Remy suggested him two options. One of them was:
>
> - If you only want legacy WebDAV level 2 support, without anything
> fancy, you can use Tomcat 4 and write a JNDI directory context which
> would access your repository
>
> Does this mean that you only need to write the JNDI directory context
> and that Tomcat 4 provides the WebDAV stuff?
> (I am still using Tomcat 3.2.2)
>
>
> Regards, Nelis
>
