On Nov 8, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Markus KARG wrote:
> Can you please post the WIKI link again? Thanks.
Here it is:
http://java.net/projects/jax-rs-spec/pages/HypermediaExample
-- Santiago
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> From: Santiago Pericas-Geertsen [mailto:Santiago.PericasGeertsen_at_oracle.com]
> Sent: Montag, 7. November 2011 19:11
> To: jsr339-experts_at_jax-rs-spec.java.net
> Subject: [jsr339-experts] Re: [jax-rs-spec users] Re: Re: Re: Improving Hypermedia Support
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> Hi Markus,
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> Could you apply this to the example we have on the wiki? In particular, given a collection item Y, how can I get the link to Y? I may want to start machine A and stop machine B; so getting the links to all the machines in the cluster is not enough.
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> -- Santiago
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> On Nov 6, 2011, at 8:45 AM, Markus KARG wrote:
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> Santiago,
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> this way:
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> Link: <absolute-uri-A1>; rel="name-of-collection-A"
> Link: <absolute-uri-A2>; rel="name-of-collection-A"
> Link: <absolute-uri-B1>; rel="name-of-collection-B"
> Link: <absolute-uri-B2>; rel="name-of-collection-B"
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> Here you have four absolute URIs. A1 and A2 are part of collection A, B1 and B2 are part of collection B.
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> If the client wants to visit all resources references by collection B, it would just have to invoke A1 and A2, identified via collection A.
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> An alternative way would be using the anchor attribute to identify the resource as a fragment of the source resource (e. g. anchor="#name-of-collection-A").
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> A third option would be a link-extension like "Link: <absolute-uri>; collection="name-of-collection".
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> Where do you see a problem? No need for neither templates nor client side application logic.
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> Regards
> Markus
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> From: Santiago Pericas-Geertsen [mailto:Santiago.PericasGeertsen_at_oracle.com]
> Sent: Dienstag, 1. November 2011 20:17
> To: jsr339-experts_at_jax-rs-spec.java.net
> Subject: [jsr339-experts] Re: [jax-rs-spec users] Re: Re: Improving Hypermedia Support
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> * I do not understand the problem with the collection. Why not sending just several URIs with the same relation in that case (one for each item of the collection)?
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> As link headers? How would you know which one corresponds to which item in the collection? There's no ordering for link headers.
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> -- Santiago
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