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Version 32.1 by Pascal Robert on 2012/06/10 12:21
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Pascal Robert 31.1 1 General architecture
2 Same Origin policy
3 Transactions
4 HTML vs other formats
5 Response representation
6 Missing route
7 Missing object
8 POJO objects
9 Headers
10 Caching
11 Adding new format
12 Security
13 strictMode
14 Workflow
15 Query arguments and RXRestFetchSpecification
16 ERXRestNameRegistry
17 MapClassDescription / NSDictionaryClassDescription
18
19 ERXRestUtils
20
21 request > route
22
23 {{code}}
24
25 /**
26 * A NameFormat that behaves like Rails -- plural entities, plural routes, lowercase underscore names
27 * (names_like_this).
28 */
29 public static NameFormat RAILS = new NameFormat(true, true, NameFormat.Case.LowercaseUnderscore);
30
31 /**
32 * A NameFormat that behaves like WO -- singular entities, singular routes, camel names (NamesLikeThis).
33 */
34 public static NameFormat WO = new NameFormat(false, false, NameFormat.Case.CamelCase);
35
36 /**
37 * A NameFormat that behaves like WO -- singular entities, singular routes, lowercase camel names (namesLikeThis).
38 */
39 public static NameFormat WO_LOWER = new NameFormat(false, false, NameFormat.Case.LowerCamelCase);
40
41 {{/code}}
42
Pascal Robert 29.1 43 * ERXRestContext
44 ** contains the editing context and an userInfo dictionnary
45 ** will be populated with er.rest.dateFormat, er.rest.timestampFormatter and er.rest.timestampFormat (read only for non-HTML responses)
46 *** want to change the time format for a specific controller?
47
48 {{code}}
49
50 protected ERXRestContext createRestContext() {
51 ERXRestContext restContext = new ERXRestContext(editingContext());
52 restContext.setUserInfoForKey("yyyy-MM-dd", "er.rest.dateFormat");
53 restContext.setUserInfoForKey("yyyy-MM-dd", "er.rest.timestampFormat");
54 return restContext;
55 }
56
57 {{/code}}
58
59 *
60 ** you just need to override createRestContext() in your controller if you want to add other stuff to the context (a user, etc.)
61 * Properties
62 ** ERXRest.idKey (ERXRestFormatDelegate)
63 *** (default "id") Override this property if you want to use a different key for the 'id' attribute** ERXRest.typeKey**
64 ** ERXRest.nilKey (ERXRestFormatDelegate)
65 ** ERXRest.writeNilKey (ERXRestFormatDelegate)
66 ** ERXRest.pluralEntityNames (ERXRestFormatDelegate)
67 ** ERXRest.writeTypeKey (ERXRestFormatDelegate)
68 ** ERXRest.suppressTypeAttributesForSimpleTypes (ERXXmlRestWriter)
69 *** (default "false") If set to true, primitive types, like type = "datetime", won't be added to the output
70 ** ERXRest.strictMode
71 *** In ERXMissingRouteController: (default "true") If set to true, status code in the response will be 405 Not Allowed, if set to false, status code will be 404 Not Found
72 *** In ERXRouteController: (default "true") If set to true, status code in the response will be 405 Not Allowed, if set to false, status code will be 404 Not Found
73 *** ERXRouteResults: (default "true") If set to true, creating a ressource will return status code 201 Created, if set to false, will return 200 OK
74 ** ERXRest.pluralEntityNames (ERXRouteRequestHandler)
75 ** ERXRest.routeCase (ERXRouteRequestHandler)
76 ** ERXRest.lowercaseEntityNames (ERXRouteRequestHandler)
77 ** ERXRest.parseUnknownExtensions (ERXRouteRequestHandler)
78 *** (default "true") If set to "false", will return a 404 status code if the format doesn't exist
79 ** ERXRest.missingControllerName (ERXRouteRequestHandler)
80 *** (default "ERXMissingRouteController") Allow you to specify which controller to use when a route doesn't exist
81 ** er.rest.rfcDateFormat
82 ** er.rest.dateFormat
83 ** er.rest.dateFormat.primary
84 ** er.rest.dateFormat.secondary
85 ** er.rest.dateFormatter
86 ** er.rest.timestampFormat
87 ** er.rest.timestampFormat.primary
88 ** er.rest.timestampFormat.secondary
89 ** er.rest.timestampFormatter
90 ** er.rest.rfcDateFormat
91 ** er.rest.jodaTime
92 ** ERXRest.transactionsEnabled (default 'false') ERXRestTransactionRequestAdaptor
93 ** ERXRest.maxEventsPerTransaction (default '50') ERXRestTransactionRequestAdaptor
94 ** ERXRest.accessControlAllowRequestHeaders (ERXRouteController)
95 ** ERXRest.accessControlAllowRequestMethods (ERXRouteController)
96 ** ERXRest.defaultFormat (ERXRouteController)
97 *** (default "xml") Allow you to set the default format for all of your REST controllers
98 ** ERXRest.allowWindowNameCrossDomainTransport (ERXRouteController)
99 ** ERXRest.accessControlMaxAge (ERXRouteController)
100 *** (default 1728000) This header indicates how long the results of a preflight request can be cached. For an example of a preflight request, see the above examples.
101 ** ERXRest.accessControlAllowOrigin (ERXRouteController)
102 *** Set the value to '**' to enable all origins. See [[https://developer.mozilla.org/En/HTTP_access_control#Access-Control-Allow-Origin]]**
103 * JSON Schema
104 ** {{code}}
105 /something?schema=true
106
107 public WOActionResults indexAction() {
108 if (isSchemaRequest()) {
109 return schemaResponse(showFilter());
110 }
111 protected boolean isSchemaRequest() {
112 return request().stringFormValueForKey("schema") != null;
113 }
114 {{/code}}
115
Pascal Robert 4.1 116 Application(ERXApplication).dispatchRequest(WORequest) line: 2051
117 ERXRouteRequestHandler(WOActionRequestHandler).//handleRequest(WORequest) line: 221
Pascal Robert 27.1 118 ERXRouteRequestHandler.getRequestHandlerPathForRequest(WORequest) line: 782//
Pascal Robert 4.1 119
Pascal Robert 27.1 120 ERXRouteRequestHandler(WOActionRequestHandler).//handleRequest(WORequest) line: 259
121 PagesController(ERXRouteController).performActionNamed(String) line: 1328
122 PagesController(ERXRouteController).performActionNamed(String, boolean) line: 1385
123 PagesController(ERXRouteController).performRouteActionNamed(String) line: 1510
124 PagesController(ERXRouteController).performActionWithArguments(Method, Object...) line: 1559
Pascal Robert 4.1 125 ...
Pascal Robert 27.1 126 PagesController.mainPageAction() line: 20//
127
128 == ERXRouteRequestHandler ==
129
130 | **Properties**
131 | ERXRest.missingControllerName | (default "ERXMissingRouteController")
132 \\          
133 | ERXRest.parseUnknownExtensions | ERXRest.parseUnknownExtensions
134 \\          
135 | ERXRest.pluralEntityNames | ERXRest.pluralEntityNames
136 \\          
137 | ERXRest.routeCase | ERXRest.routeCase
138 \\          
139 | ERXRest.lowercaseEntityNames | ERXRest.lowercaseEntityNames
140
141 ERXMissingRouteController is the controller that is used when no route can be found. It's "missing" action is loaded.
142
143 | **Properties**
Pascal Robert 29.1 144 | ERXRest.strictMode | ERXRest.strictMode
145 \\          |
Pascal Robert 27.1 146 ERXRouteController