Firstly thanks for your answers. In order to clarify some of the
remaining things:
1. Routes clarification
HTTP 1.1 defines [1] 7 methods: OPTIONS, GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE,
TRACE (and reserves the CONNECT). The web2py routing is using to
determine the function name in the controller a part of the URL
according to the rule:
/application/controller/[FUNCTION]/...
What I need to create a RESTful app is that FUNCTION is automatically
deduced from the HTTP Request method and not from the controller
function name. So, my controller will be:
class SomeController(object):
def get(self):
# all GET request to /application/somecontroller/ are getting
here
def post(self):
# all POST requests to /application/somecontroller/ are getting
here
2. Models and Data Access
As I have already said this is a probably a good enough starting point
http://mdp.cti.depaul.edu/AlterEgo/default/show/189 and I will most
probably be able to take it from there.
3. Templates
I'll re-read the documentation, but so far it looks like I should be
able to accomplish all 3 scenarios.
I will not comment on "Django templates are 'ill-defined'" as I have
no idea. As far as I can tell the 2 models that are actually working
are:
- Sitemesh: decoration + basic composition (http://
www.opensymphony.com/sitemesh/
- Tiles: composition
4. Cross-cutting request/response cycle interceptors
I think Yarko's answer is more in the direction I was looking, but
most probably I'll have to dig a bit into the code and come up with a
much more detailed question.
Massimo's first part of the answer is not a solution that it couples
the code with the interceptors and the main goal is exactly the
opposite: to separate the cross-cutting orthogonal concerns.
In conclusion, the only remaining question is if and how is it
possible to create a routing mechanism based on RESTful principles
that uses the HTTP request method information.
Many thanks,
./alex
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.w( the_mindstorm )p.
Alexandru Popescu
[1] http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html
[2] http://www.opensymphony.com/sitemesh/
[3] http://struts.apache.org/1.x/struts-tiles/
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