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

Daniel Bevenius daniel.bevenius at gmail.com
Thu Apr 18 11:39:29 EDT 2013


Yeah, I'm all for 'resourcePath' now that I'm not as confused anymore :)


On 18 April 2013 17:37, Christos Vasilakis <cvasilak at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think If no alternative comes along, let's stick to 'resourcePath' for
> now..
>
>
> On Apr 18, 2013, at 6:23 PM, Sebastien Blanc <scm.blanc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  --
>>>>>>> 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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>>>>>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> aerogear-dev mailing listaerogear-dev at lists.jboss.orghttps://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/aerogear-dev
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
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