Paul,
currently no unit tests do exist but I will provide a sample that will use
JPA to map WebDAV on a database. I agree that unit tests are valueable but I
just have no idea what they shall actually test, since most of my code is
purely declarative, while a unit test typically targets in testing an
implementation (and it makes no sense to check whether JAXB is correctly
working -- this is the job of JAXB's own unit test).
So for the process of contributing into Jersey's code base, I will write
again in a few days asking for the technical process. Currently I am
mavenizing my standalone project, filling code gaps and tidying up code
(it's hard work to come to a clean generall purpose code when all what you
did before was matching a *specific* use case).
For the issue with the empty bodies: We need to find a solution since it's
really a black spot on the overall great API. I think it would be not much a
problem to convince everybody that it makes more sense to inject null
instead of throwing a NullPointerException? :-)
Have Fun
Markus
From: Paul.Sandoz_at_Sun.COM [mailto:Paul.Sandoz_at_Sun.COM]
Sent: Montag, 8. Dezember 2008 22:40
To: dev_at_jersey.dev.java.net
Subject: Re: [Jersey] JAX-RS based WebDAV support
Hi Marcus,
I am very supportive of such an contribution being part of the Jersey
contribution source code base. There is no conflict. I think it would make a
great addition, with the potential to build upon it.
Do you plan to provide unit tests and some samples? I think both are
important in terms of adoption and scaling (as the project gets larger it is
not possible for one or two people to be experts in all areas).
BTW the issue you logged is a known one [1]. I think we can work around it,
but it also highlights a bug in the the 311 spec.
Paul.
[1]
https://jersey.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=145
On Dec 6, 2008, at 3:34 PM, Markus KARG wrote:
Dear Jersey Team,
I have developed partial support for WebDAV based RESTful web services based
on pure JAX-RS (not Jersey-dependent). It works pretty well and would be a
good starting point for some kind of "official" WebDAV support package. If
nobody else is working on something like that, I'd like to complete this
package and contribute it to java.net.
So I need to know two things of you:
(a) Whether my contribution would conflict with WebDAV plannings of somebody
else / the "official" Jersey plannings? If that would be the case, I'd see
no sense in completing my contribution, obviously.
(b) Whether my contribution shall become something like a "Jersey
Sub-Project" or whether I shall go my own ways and open an "unrelated"
top-level project?
Please send me your opinions! I don't want to create a concurrency situation
with Jersey, but I also don't want to wait for years until there is a
complete JAX-RS WebDAV support elsewhere.
Thanks
Markus