#StringOrientedProgramming rant again
.method(Method) instead of .method(String)
Where Method has a applyTo(request) method. After invoking .method(x),
x can apply itself to the request, either as a filter or right as its
applied.
Again, String--, Objects++.
Regards
Guilherme Silveira
Caelum | Ensino e Inovação
http://www.caelum.com.br/
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Markus KARG <markus_at_headcrashing.eu> wrote:
> Can you please outline how a WebDAV extension ontop of JAX-RS would be able
> to provide a .propfind() or .search() method (not .method("PROPFIND")) to
> prevent WebDAV users from typing Strings?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Burke [mailto:bburke_at_redhat.com]
>> Sent: Dienstag, 5. Juli 2011 17:30
>> To: jsr339-experts_at_jax-rs-spec.java.net
>> Subject: [jsr339-experts] client revisions
>>
>> I made some changes to client API to simplifiy it a little.
>>
>> https://github.com/patriot1burke/redhat-jaxrs-2.0-proposals-rev2
>>
>> * removed queue from Invocation interface
>> * Added an AsyncInvocation interface
>> * Added get/post/delete/etc. methods to AsyncInvocation and Invocation
>> * removed invoke/queue methods from Client as they are redundant and I
>> don't get why they are there.
>> * removed HttpRequest.Builder as its not needed anymore
>> * Link no longer extends HttpRequest.Builder
>> * added request/async methods to Link
>> * Gutted and simplified ClientFactory. No need for all those extra
>> abstractions.
>>
>> You now are forced to put a get(), Post() or whatever at end of method
>> call unless you are doing a custom HTTP method like PATCH. It now
>> looks
>> like:
>>
>> Client c = ...;
>>
>> Invocation invocation = c.request();
>> HttpResponse response = invocation.header("foo", "bar").get();
>> String str = invocation.header("foo", "bar").get(String.class);
>>
>> AsyncInvocation async = c.async();
>> Future<HttpResponse> f = async.header("foo", "bar").get();
>> Future<String> f = async.header("foo", "bar").get(String.class);
>>
>> Generic invocations are:
>>
>> Invocation invocation = c.request();
>> HttpResponse response = invocation.header("foo",
>> "bar").method("PATCH").invoke();
>>
>>
>> Alternatively, you could combine Invocation/AsyncInvocation, but you'd
>> have to rename get() to getAsync(), etc. I think originally it wasn't
>> done this way because of the explosion of methods within Invocation.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bill Burke
>> JBoss, a division of Red Hat
>> http://bill.burkecentral.com
>
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