[aerogear-dev] [Aerogear Pipeline] Support for nested endpoints

Sebastien Blanc scm.blanc at gmail.com
Thu Apr 18 11:23:25 EDT 2013


So we all agreed on "resourcePath" ?



On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Christos Vasilakis <cvasilak at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> have created the epic to track this, feel free to edit
>
> https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AEROGEAR-1123
>
> -
> Christos
>
> On Apr 16, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> doh! Sorry. I was just looking at the first examples in the gist and did
> not realize these could have multiple segments.
>
>
> On 16 April 2013 15:18, Kris Borchers <kris at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> Hmm, I like the idea of looking to standards but if I'm reading it right,
>> segment there means just a portion of the URI between slashes, not multiple
>> slash-separated segments.
>>
>> On Apr 16, 2013, at 8:14 AM, Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I agree, when I read resourcePath I read that as a path to resource. How
>> about pathSegment or segment as used by
>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-3.3 ?
>>
>>
>> On 16 April 2013 15:12, Kris Borchers <kris at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My only issue with resourcePath is that it doesn't imply that the path
>>> is relative to the current pipe. I mean, it should be implied since you're
>>> already working with a pipe and we can be explicit about that in
>>> documentation but I still wish it was somehow in the name. I think that was
>>> the goal of using "nested" in the name but I already expressed my issue
>>> with that. Any other thoughts would be appreciated but I could be happy
>>> with resourcePath.
>>>
>>> On Apr 16, 2013, at 7:55 AM, Lucas Holmquist <lholmqui at redhat.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> +1 to resourcePath .   it beats my thought of
>>> "superawesomenestedresourcethingy"
>>> On Apr 16, 2013, at 8:39 AM, Christos Vasilakis <cvasilak at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>> I think it describes the feature better.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 16, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Sebastien Blanc <scm.blanc at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> +1 on the "resourcePath", you nailed it !
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Kris Borchers <kris at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hmmm, "nestedResource" isn't terrible but not crazy about "nested"
>>>> since they're not necessarily nested but just related. Hmmmmm.
>>>>
>>>> It's not that I hate resource, I think it kind of makes sense if you
>>>> know what we're talking about. How about something like "resourcePath" to
>>>> be a little more explicit in what it is? Still not crazy about that but
>>>> feel like it's better/closer to something that describes what it is.
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 16, 2013, at 6:44 AM, Sebastien Blanc <scm.blanc at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Well, there seems to be an agreement on option #1 , except for the name
>>>> "resource" , so let's find a name that we all agree on and so we can going
>>>> further with this feature.
>>>> My propositions:  "nestedResource" , "fragment", "nestedURI" ... But
>>>> I'm not really fan of all of my propositions ...
>>>> Seb
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Summers Pittman <supittma at redhat.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  With #1 is `resource` a URI?  If so, will developers have to build
>>>>> the URI by hand?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 04/10/2013 10:48 AM, Christos Vasilakis wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>>  I've prepared a document[1]  that collectively describes the
>>>>> different approaches discussed in this thread for supporting the nested
>>>>> resources. It is split in two sections, ones that don't require
>>>>> modification to the existing API and ones that do
>>>>>
>>>>>  Please have a look and let me know if I miss sth or interpret one
>>>>> approach wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Thanks
>>>>> Christos
>>>>>
>>>>>  [1] https://gist.github.com/cvasilak/4a5f51b8d1ad9cc7f21b
>>>>>
>>>>>  On Apr 9, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Sebastien Blanc <scm.blanc at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Hey,
>>>>> Like paging, could we start 2 gists : one with a side to side techno
>>>>> samples and another one with high level Specs ? I start a bit to get lost
>>>>> in this thread :)
>>>>> Just one remark when reading the last messages, one "must have" is to
>>>>> be able to retrieve all the comments for a post without EVER retrieving the
>>>>>  post record, so
>>>>> /posts/1/comments will retrieve all the comments for post 1 but
>>>>> will actually never call posts/1 : in this covered in your last examples ?
>>>>> (spec could be : "by-pass parent GET resource"
>>>>>  Seb
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Summers Pittman <supittma at redhat.com
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> | From: "Matthias Wessendorf" <matzew at apache.org>
>>>>>>> | To: "AeroGear Developer Mailing List" <
>>>>>>> aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org>
>>>>>>>  | Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 1:22:19 PM
>>>>>>> | Subject: Re: [aerogear-dev] [Aerogear Pipeline] Support for nested
>>>>>>> endpoints
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>>  | OK, with the following server API:
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | http://some.server.com/posts/1
>>>>>>> | http://some.server.com/posts/1/comments
>>>>>>> | (and NO 'comments' collection on the '
>>>>>>> http://some.server.com/posts/1 '
>>>>>>> | response)
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | Does this (today) 'myPipe.read(1)' already read the specific
>>>>>>> comments (
>>>>>>>  | http://some.server.com/posts/1/comments ) ??
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | ======= JAVA API =======
>>>>>>> | Class Post:
>>>>>>> | - string: id;
>>>>>>> | - string: title;
>>>>>>> | - string: postContent;
>>>>>>> | - List<Comment> comments;
>>>>>>> | Class Comment:
>>>>>>> | - string username;
>>>>>>> | - string comment;
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | Or would the IMPL expect an 'embedded' _comments_ collection on
>>>>>>> the response
>>>>>>> | of "GET http://some.server.com/posts/1 " ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>   It will not read /posts/1/comments if the Pipe's endpoint is
>>>>>>> /posts.  If you have a comments collection on the post but no comments data
>>>>>>> in the response then the value for getComments will just be null.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Ok - so this needs to be tweaked in Java too, since it's very
>>>>>> common to model the REST endpoints like above;
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Summers Pittman <
>>>>>>> supittma at redhat.com >
>>>>>>> | wrote:
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | No. The get of pipe 1 would have to include the comments for get
>>>>>>> comments to
>>>>>>> | work
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown ( www.nitrodesk.com )
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> | From: Matthias Wessendorf [ matzew at apache.org ]
>>>>>>> | Received: Monday, 08 Apr 2013, 12:04PM
>>>>>>> | To: AeroGear Developer Mailing List [ aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org]
>>>>>>> | Subject: Re: [aerogear-dev] [Aerogear Pipeline] Support for nested
>>>>>>> endpoints
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Summers Pittman <
>>>>>>> supittma at redhat.com >
>>>>>>> | wrote:
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | >
>>>>>>> | >
>>>>>>> | > ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> | > | From: "Matthias Wessendorf" < matzew at apache.org >
>>>>>>> | > | To: "AeroGear Developer Mailing List" <
>>>>>>> aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org >
>>>>>>> | > | Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 10:28:46 AM
>>>>>>> | > | Subject: Re: [aerogear-dev] [Aerogear Pipeline] Support for
>>>>>>> nested
>>>>>>> | > endpoints
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | or, like before said - reading "lists" (e.g. all the comments
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> | > specific
>>>>>>> | > | blog post):
>>>>>>> | > | https://gist.github.com/matzew/04f069dfbed2cc77a8b4
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | For Java.... I guess...... resolving this URL:
>>>>>>> | > | http://some.server.com/posts/1/comments
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | could be done with this - right ?
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | =======
>>>>>>> | > | Class Post:
>>>>>>> | > | - string: title;
>>>>>>> | > | - string: postContent;
>>>>>>> | > | - List<Comment> comments;
>>>>>>> | > | Class Comment:
>>>>>>> | > | - string username;
>>>>>>> | > | - string comment;
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | // get all the comments for 1:
>>>>>>> | > | Post myPostOne = postPipe.read("1");
>>>>>>> | > | myPostOne.getComments();
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | // get all the comments for 2:
>>>>>>> | > | Post myPostTwo = postPipe.read("2");
>>>>>>> | > | myPostTwo.getComments();
>>>>>>> | > | =======
>>>>>>> | >
>>>>>>> | > It can be done with that yes. My concern was more when we had a
>>>>>>> Pipe of
>>>>>>> | > type <Post> and a readForResource(String property) method.
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | Ok - one more question
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | So... when doing: myPipe.read(1); does that "only" issue a GET
>>>>>>> against the '
>>>>>>> | http://some.server.com/posts/1 ' resource?
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | A second get, for the comments collection is than issued when
>>>>>>> calling
>>>>>>> | myPostOne.getComments();?
>>>>>>> | (GET against ' http://some.server.com/posts/1/comments' )?
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | > The type information of the property isn't available unless we
>>>>>>> can infer
>>>>>>> | > it from the Post object.
>>>>>>> | >
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | >
>>>>>>> | >
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | Greetings,
>>>>>>> | > | Matthias
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Matthias Wessendorf <
>>>>>>> matzew at apache.org >
>>>>>>> | > | wrote:
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | Thought a bit more about it and chatted with friends,
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | the issue with the sub pipes is: it adds state and is perhaps
>>>>>>> an API
>>>>>>> | > | construct that is a bit hard to understand (see all the
>>>>>>> discussions here)
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | Not sure - but currently we can access "kid resources", with
>>>>>>> our API -
>>>>>>> | > right
>>>>>>> | > | ?
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | https://gist.github.com/matzew/6ab432e437b9a017a21d
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | Perhaps it's better to just keep it that way? This has the
>>>>>>> benefit of
>>>>>>> | > using
>>>>>>> | > | an established and know API, the different pipes are
>>>>>>> accessible via the
>>>>>>> | > | pipeline object;
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | And the code is not too much code; it's simply an explicit
>>>>>>> pipe ...
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <
>>>>>>> matzew at apache.org
>>>>>>> | > | >
>>>>>>> | > | wrote:
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Sebastien Blanc <
>>>>>>> scm.blanc at gmail.com >
>>>>>>> | > | wrote:
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <
>>>>>>> matzew at apache.org
>>>>>>> | > | >
>>>>>>> | > | wrote:
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Christos Vasilakis <
>>>>>>> cvasilak at gmail.com
>>>>>>> | > | >
>>>>>>> | > | wrote:
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | Hi
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | some comments
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | I believe the method can't be used since you don't know the
>>>>>>> team for the
>>>>>>> | > | players so you can't retrieve the pipe directly..right?
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | Isn't that really up to the impl of the rest service?
>>>>>>> | > | They could return a list of teamsHePlayed for;
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | So, let's not tie this API to a specific, not existing RESTful
>>>>>>> service;
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | +1, we don't need to care about that, we must just focus on
>>>>>>> how we can
>>>>>>> | > | declare and call nested pipes.
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | yep
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | I guess this is perhaps the closest we can come to :
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | id<AGPipe> allOwnersInNewYorkPipe = [leaguesPipe subPipe:@
>>>>>>> "owners"
>>>>>>> | > | for:@"newyork"];
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | and than.... on the 'leaguesPipe' you can access its kids with
>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>> | > like
>>>>>>> | > | :
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | NSArray* kids = [leaguesPipe subPipes];
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | However, that adds some state to a specific pipe object
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | -M
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | getPlayers ( Callback < List < Player >> callback ) {
>>>>>>> | > | pipe . get ( "player" ). read ( callback );
>>>>>>> | > | }
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | Further my questions is, how is a third (or arbitrary) nested
>>>>>>> resources
>>>>>>> | > are
>>>>>>> | > | supported? I mean for a url schema like this
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | soccer.org/leagues/ {id}/teams/{id}/players/{id}
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | first we access the leagues:
>>>>>>> | > | ---
>>>>>>> | > | getLeagues(Callback<List<Leagues>> callback) {
>>>>>>> | > | pipe.get("leagues").read(callback);
>>>>>>> | > | }
>>>>>>> | > | ---
>>>>>>> | > | then the teams for this league:
>>>>>>> | > | ---
>>>>>>> | > | getTeamsOnLeaque(Leaque league, Callback<List<Team>> callback)
>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>> | > | pipe.junction("league","team").read(leaque, callback);
>>>>>>> | > | }
>>>>>>> | > | ---
>>>>>>> | > | ..and then we access the "Players" for a "Team":
>>>>>>> | > | ---
>>>>>>> | > | getPlayersOnTeam(Team team, Callback<List<Player>> callback) {
>>>>>>> | > | pipe.junction("team","player").read(team, callback);
>>>>>>> | > | }
>>>>>>> | > | ---
>>>>>>> | > | But where is the "League" information to fill the
>>>>>>> "/leagues/{id}..."
>>>>>>> | > path?
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | I'd assume the information is 'inherited' out of a given pipe,
>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>> | > doing the
>>>>>>> | > | 'join'
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | e.g. like
>>>>>>> | > | myTeamsForLeaguePipe = leaguePipe.junction("team");
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | not sure...
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | Unless you mean something like:
>>>>>>> | > | ---
>>>>>>> | > | getPlayersOnTeam(Leaque league, Team team,
>>>>>>> Callback<List<Player>>
>>>>>>> | > callback) {
>>>>>>> | > | pipe.junction("league", "team","player").read(league, team,
>>>>>>> callback);
>>>>>>> | > | }
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | I am not sure if that is really easy to understand/use
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | Yes and the term "junction" is a bit confusing as it don't
>>>>>>> express
>>>>>>> | > explicitly
>>>>>>> | > | a parent/child relation.
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | ---
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | probably I am missing sth..
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | Thanks,
>>>>>>> | > | Christos
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | On Apr 4, 2013, at 5:52 PM, Summers Pittman <
>>>>>>> supittma at redhat.com >
>>>>>>> | > wrote:
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | What if we create a new metaphor, a Junction.
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | https://gist.github.com/secondsun/dcf5682b6ff17c729d9a
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | It joins two pipes together and can be used over and over
>>>>>>> again with
>>>>>>> | > | different data?
>>>>>>> | > | It isn't a Pipe though, but perhaps that could be changed to
>>>>>>> look more
>>>>>>> | > like
>>>>>>> | > | Christos's previous example.
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | At the very least I like the words "junction" or "join" more
>>>>>>> than "of"
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> | > | | From: "Christos Vasilakis" < cvasilak at gmail.com >
>>>>>>> | > | | To: "AeroGear Developer Mailing List" <
>>>>>>> aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org >
>>>>>>> | > | | Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 3:03:02 AM
>>>>>>> | > | | Subject: Re: [aerogear-dev] [Aerogear Pipeline] Support for
>>>>>>> nested
>>>>>>> | > | | endpoints
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | On Apr 2, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Matthias Wessendorf <
>>>>>>> matzew at apache.org >
>>>>>>> | > | | wrote:
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | Two thoughts....
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | 1) the 'original' leaguesPipe has no clue about the
>>>>>>> subpipes, right ?
>>>>>>> | > | | 2) should a pipe offer a 'getter' for all it's sub pipes ?
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | Just a thought is instead of using Pipe, to continue using
>>>>>>> Pipeline
>>>>>>> | > adding
>>>>>>> | > | | an
>>>>>>> | > | | extra parameter " of" for specifying the parent : E.g.:
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | …..
>>>>>>> | > | | id<AGPipe> leaguesPipe = [pipeline pipe@"leagues"];
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | id<AGPipe> allTeamsInSeattlePipe = [pipeline subPipe@"teams"
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> | > | | :leaguesPipe
>>>>>>> | > | | for:@"seattle"]
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | id<AGPipe> allPlayersInTrebuchetPipe = [pipeline subPipe:@
>>>>>>> "players"
>>>>>>> | > of:
>>>>>>> | > | | allTeamsInSeattlePipe for:@"trebuchet"];
>>>>>>> | > | | …..
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | Wdyt?
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | -M
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | Thanks,
>>>>>>> | > | | Christos
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | soccer.org/leagues/seattle/teams/trebuchet/players/foo - >
>>>>>>> | > | | [[pipeline pipe:@"players" pathParams:@[@"seattle",
>>>>>>> @"trebuchet"]]
>>>>>>> | > read
>>>>>>> | > | | :@"foo"] ..
>>>>>>> | > | | -----
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | Wdyt?
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | Thanks
>>>>>>> | > | | Christos
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | On Mar 18, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Sebastien Blanc <
>>>>>>> scm.blanc at gmail.com >
>>>>>>> | > wrote:
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | Well, that would not be possible, for that you will have to
>>>>>>> create a
>>>>>>> | > | | "child"
>>>>>>> | > | | pipe. But I agree, that is maybe no optimal ...
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Summers Pittman <
>>>>>>> supittma at redhat.com
>>>>>>> | > | | >
>>>>>>> | > | | wrote:
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | On 03/15/2013 01:34 PM, Sebastien Blanc wrote:
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | I like the idea but I will more see that has a
>>>>>>> method/function for the
>>>>>>> | > | | pipelineManager (and will be easier to implement in JS, I
>>>>>>> think) :
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | var myParentPipe =
>>>>>>> | > Aerogear.Pipeline({name:"parentPipe"}).pipes.parentPipe
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | var myChildPipe = Aerogear.Pipeline.fromParent(myParentPipe,
>>>>>>> {options}
>>>>>>> | > )
>>>>>>> | > | | What would it look like to get a child record from a parent?
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Douglas Campos < qmx at qmx.me> wrote:
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | What about this?
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | Pipeline<Post> postPipeline = …
>>>>>>> | > | | Post post = // get from the pipeline
>>>>>>> | > | | Pipeline<Comment>
>>>>>>> | > | | postPipeline.childPipelineForOrOtherWeirdName(Comment.class,
>>>>>>> post)
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | On 15/03/2013, at 12:26, Summers Pittman <
>>>>>>> supittma at redhat.com >
>>>>>>> | > wrote:
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | > On 03/14/2013 04:48 AM, Matthias Wessendorf wrote:
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Sebastien Blanc <
>>>>>>> | > scm.blanc at gmail.com >
>>>>>>> | > | | >> wrote:
>>>>>>> | > | | >> Hi,
>>>>>>> | > | | >> While I was playing with scaffolding and tried to build a
>>>>>>> simple
>>>>>>> | > Blog
>>>>>>> | > | | >> Application with Aerogear I faced the current situation :
>>>>>>> | > | | >> I have a Post object which contains many Comment objects.
>>>>>>> Now I
>>>>>>> | > want to
>>>>>>> | > | | >> call my Post pipe to retrieve the related comments, I have
>>>>>>> | > currently 2
>>>>>>> | > | | >> options :
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> /posts/1 -> assuming comments will be implicitly
>>>>>>> retrieved (eager
>>>>>>> | > | | >> loading)
>>>>>>> | > | | >> /comments/?postid=1
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> But regarding our model the correct form should be :
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> /posts/1/comments
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> +1
>>>>>>> | > | | >> that is the ideal way to model URIs for "nested"
>>>>>>> resources.
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> See [1], extracted from [2]
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> But, AFAIK, with the current API, it is not possible to
>>>>>>> define this
>>>>>>> | > last
>>>>>>> | > | | >> pattern (at least for JS and iOs, confirmed by Matzew).
>>>>>>> When doing a
>>>>>>> | > | | >> read
>>>>>>> | > | | >> we can pass an id option but as mentioned in the doc,
>>>>>>> this id will
>>>>>>> | > | | >> always
>>>>>>> | > | | >> be append to the endpoint.
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> Well, it is possible - but in a very (IMO) ugly way:
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> https://gist.github.com/matzew/6ab432e437b9a017a21d
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> IMO, we should be able to support this pattern but for
>>>>>>> now I'm not
>>>>>>> | > | | >> really
>>>>>>> | > | | >> sure how to specify this in our API, so if you have any
>>>>>>> ideas
>>>>>>> | > feedback
>>>>>>> | > | | >> this thread has been made for you !
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> Suggestion: Enhance the read function - example:
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> https://gist.github.com/matzew/04f069dfbed2cc77a8b4
>>>>>>> | > | | > I'm thinking of the inverse myself. Add a "ParentPath"
>>>>>>> property
>>>>>>> | > which can
>>>>>>> | > | | > be used to extract information from parent objects.
>>>>>>> | > | | >
>>>>>>> | > | | > https://gist.github.com/secondsun/17ce96082eda37dbd10e
>>>>>>> | > | | >
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> -Matthias
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> [1]
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | >
>>>>>>> http://www.infoq.com/resource/articles/rest-introduction/en/resources/figure2.jpg
>>>>>>> | > | | >> [2] http://www.infoq.com/articles/rest-introduction
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> Seb
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | | >> aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | | >> aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | | >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> --
>>>>>>> | > | | >> Matthias Wessendorf
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/
>>>>>>> | > | | >> sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | > | | >> twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | | >> aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | | >>
>>>>>>> | > | | >> aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | | >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > | | >
>>>>>>> | > | | > _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | | > aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | | > aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | | > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | -- qmx
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev mailing list aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | --
>>>>>>> | > | | Matthias Wessendorf
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/
>>>>>>> | > | | sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | > | | twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | > | | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | --
>>>>>>> | > | | Matthias Wessendorf
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/
>>>>>>> | > | | sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | > | | twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | > | | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | |
>>>>>>> | > | | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | --
>>>>>>> | > | Matthias Wessendorf
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/
>>>>>>> | > | sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | > | twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | --
>>>>>>> | > | Matthias Wessendorf
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/
>>>>>>> | > | sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | > | twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | --
>>>>>>> | > | Matthias Wessendorf
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/
>>>>>>> | > | sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | > | twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | --
>>>>>>> | > | Matthias Wessendorf
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/
>>>>>>> | > | sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | > | twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | > |
>>>>>>> | > | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | >
>>>>>>> | > _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | > aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | > aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> | >
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | --
>>>>>>> | Matthias Wessendorf
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/
>>>>>>> | sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | --
>>>>>>> | Matthias Wessendorf
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/
>>>>>>> | sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> | twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> | _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> | aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> | aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> | https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>>> aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  --
>>>>>> Matthias Wessendorf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/
>>>>>> sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf
>>>>>> twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> aerogear-dev mailing list
>>>>>> aerogear-dev at lists.jboss.org
>>>>>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>
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