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Re: [Jersey] Use updated WADL spec

From: Martin Grotzke <martin.grotzke_at_freiheit.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:45:09 +0100

Hi,

supporting both versions side by side with a configuration switch sounds
good!

Cheers,
Martin


On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 09:16 -0500, Marc Hadley wrote:
> On Feb 3, 2009, at 4:04 AM, Paul Sandoz wrote:
> >>
> >> Marc just announced an updated version of the WADL spec ([1]).
> >>
> >> Just to keep up with the latest version I suggest to move to this new
> >> version. As this includes structural, backwards-incompatible
> >> changes I
> >> suggest to do this after jersey 1.0.2 was released.
> >>
> >
> > Marc states:
> >
> > Unfortunately the changes required by issue 13 were not backwards
> > compatible so I had to change the namespace and existing WADL docs
> > will require minor edits as a result.
> >
> > I would like Marc's input as we could potentially break clients that
> > are consuming the WADL generated by Jersey.
> >
> I think we need to at least coordinate with the NetBeans tooling that
> uses WADL, having the WADL produced by Jersey be out-of-step with that
> expected by the tools would be unfortunate. In the meantime perhaps
> Jersey could offer a WADL configuration switch with the default being
> the current version for backwards compatibility.
>
> The updated version is still draft and there might still be other
> changes before it settles down so I think waiting a while before
> implementing would be a good plan anyway.
>
> Marc.
>
> ---
> Marc Hadley <marc.hadley at sun.com>
> CTO Office, Sun Microsystems.
>
>
>
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