Hi Simone, Thank you for the details. I will read up about XML Namespaces and see where I get.
Thanks Luanne --- Simone Gianni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Luanne, > if you define your own property names you should use > a namespace. This > is used to distinguish between two properties that > have the same name, > this way one or more softwares can write and read > their own properties > without having problems about using the same name. > > Suppose you are making a software that stores CRM > tickets on a webdav > repository, and you want to set a property named > "state" where you save > the current state of that ticket, taking values like > "open", "assigned", > "resolved" etc... > > Now suppose I'm making an application that > implements an indexer for > webdav repositories, and i want to use a property > named "state" to > indicate wether a resource has been indexed or not. > In my property i > would write values like "indexed", "inprogress", > "dirty" etc... > > Obviously, this two applications could not live on > the same repository, > because each other would overwrite the "state" > property. > > To make this possible, DAV uses (as XML does) a > namespace. This is an > additional "name" that is "prepended" to the real > property name. So, if > my site is www.simons.com and my software is called > "davi" i can use the > namespace "http://www.simons.com/davi";. If your > company has a site named > www.luannes.com and you software is called "luacrm" > you can build a > similar namespace. > > This way, there will be no problem if we both use > the same property > name, because they pertain to different namespaces. > > Using a company URL as the first part of the > namespace is a good > practice, because if i own www.simons.com noone else > can own it, and i'm > sure i will not have problems with other softwares > using the same namespace. > > For more informations, search about the XML > namespace concept. > > Hope this helps, > Ciao, > > Simone Gianni > > > Luanne Coutinho wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I would like to define my own properties for a > >resource. I looked up the proppatch method and one > of > >the signatures was: > > boolean proppatchMethod(PropertyName propertyName, > >java.lang.String propertyValue, boolean action) > > > >What is a PropertyName and how do I construct one? > I > >don't understand the Namespace part. Could you > please > >let me know how exactly I have to go about doing > this? > >Or if there's some documentation I haven't found > yet, > >please point me to it. > > > >Thanks very much, > >Luanne > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. > >http://messenger.yahoo.com/ > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
