On 2/3/2013 1:31 PM, Jan Algermissen wrote:
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> On 03.02.2013, at 19:07, Sergey Beryozkin <sberyozkin_at_talend.com> wrote:
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>> Jan - I keep suffering from not reading the messages carefully - you are referring to the acceptance within your own project, which I guess is a good indication of the usefulness of this media type - sorry;
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> Hey, no problem. You are right anyhow.
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>> I'm with Marek though and I saw you had agreed to his proposal; I'd also suggest to do the same for WADL media type - whatever people say we are seeing WADL being useful to users, I'm sure the same is the case in RI...
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> Well, yes. I am against WADL as a design time contract, but it is a great 'tool' for server-side stuff, e.g. generating test. It could also be a *runtime* form language (which would be RESTful) ... so I am not against the media type :-)
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I'm 100% against the proliferation of WADL in any way, shape, or form...
:) Users want such a thing so they can implement RPC-like protocols.
I've seen it first hand.
When users ask for WADL support, I say, well, contribute and maintain it
yourself. Or, I send them a link to Jersey if they are really
persistent about it
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Bill Burke
JBoss, a division of Red Hat
http://bill.burkecentral.com