[aerogear-dev] Push Admin UI - Updating

Matthias Wessendorf matzew at apache.org
Tue Jul 16 08:38:01 EDT 2013


On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Kris Borchers <kris at redhat.com> wrote:

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> On Jul 16, 2013, at 7:30 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org>
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> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Kris Borchers <kris at redhat.com> wrote:
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>> On Jul 16, 2013, at 7:20 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org>
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>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Kris Borchers <kris at redhat.com> wrote:
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>>> On Jul 16, 2013, at 7:10 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org>
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>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Kris Borchers <kris at redhat.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Jul 16, 2013, at 3:05 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org>
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>>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Sebastien Blanc <scm.blanc at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <
>>>>> matzew at apache.org> wrote:
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>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Lucas Holmquist <lholmqui at redhat.com
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>>>>>>> here's a scenario.
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>>>>>>> A user creates an "Application" then adds a new "iOS Variant" to it.
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>>>>>>> they decide they need to rename this Variant since they didn't name
>>>>>>> it very well.
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>>>>>>> There is currently no way of renaming/ updating the description of
>>>>>>> this variant without re-sending the Certificate/pass phrase.  this would be
>>>>>>> the same for Android and Simple Push,  just substitute google key and
>>>>>>> channels
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>>>>>> yes - but should be easy to change :-)
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>>>>>> See here:
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>>>>>> https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-unified-push-server/blob/master/src/main/java/org/jboss/aerogear/connectivity/rest/registry/applications/AndroidVariantEndpoint.java#L134-L138
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>>>>>> in the "update", we just need to onbly update/replace those things
>>>>>> that are NOT null. Of course, perhaps we need to rethink the "update
>>>>>> validation" too:
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>>>>>> https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-unified-push-server/blob/master/src/main/java/org/jboss/aerogear/connectivity/rest/registry/applications/AndroidVariantEndpoint.java#L130-L132
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>>>>>> Yes that could work even if I must admit I'm not a big fan of
>>>>> updating based on a null check ... Imagine someone wants to delete the
>>>>> description by setting it to null , that won't be possible ;)
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>>>> well, yeah - that (the desc) is optional - I was more interested in the
>>>> required fields:
>>>> e.g. for iOS Variant:
>>>> * cert/passphrase (or googlekey/networkURL on other variants)
>>>> PushApp:
>>>> * name
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>>>> I'm not sure how I feel about this partial update. I'm not a big fan of
>>>> saying "It's a required field but leave it null if you don't want it to
>>>> change." Feels wrong.
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>>> not sure I am following, but the required fields should never be null
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>>> Now I'm not following.
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>>> Let's go through a scenario and see how each would work with your
>>> method. Imagine there are currently values in every field. What fields need
>>> values and what can be null when:
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>>> I update a single required field?
>>> I update a single optional field?
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>> Well,when I update the FORM and hit ENTER (let's assume this is a PUT,
>> just for now..), aren't the entire form values sent?
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>> So, any field that changed will be udpated, I think
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>> Now if you NULL out a required field, I'd imagine that is not allowed.
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>> So I guess I'm confused as to why there was any discussion of NULL fields
>> being ignored then. If the form is filled in for the user, if they empty a
>> field it should either fail (required field) or empty the value (optional
>> field).
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>> NULL should never just be ignored, right?
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> I think, the "confusion" comes in..... what happens if (iOS Variant), JUST
> the name is changed (note: the certificate FILE is required).
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> I guess that would be just fine... if (on the JUST iOSVariant.name is
> changed), we do not bother with the certificate.
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> We update the certificate ONLY if it is actually part of the "UPDATE
> request".
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> I see. Yeah that's pretty standard. What I have done in my app building
> past when dealing with files (certificate) is to show the current file name
> in the UI and if the file field is left blank, ignore that in the update.
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yeah :-)


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>>>> If we are to do partial updates like this though, I would say it should
>>>> probably use http PATCH instead of PUT, right?
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>>>>>  (Well not sure it is a valid use case but you see my point) and as
>>>>> you said we must then rethink user validation.
>>>>> Other option is to split the update into more smaller specific updates
>>>>> methods ... but not sure about this also.
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>>>>>>> Also,  once we have a variant created,  we have a variant ID,  we
>>>>>>> should be able to use that ID( plus type? ) to do updates instead of having
>>>>>>> to pass the applicaitonID and variantID( same would go for a delete i guess
>>>>>>> ).
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>>>>>>> Not really sure the best way to handle this.
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>>>>>> the "variantID" is not a PK, but it's unique - so a new finder is
>>>>>> what you need.
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>>>>>>> Should a user be able to update a certificate/key/channel once it
>>>>>>> has been created.
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>>>>>> yes, they should be able to replace an outdated (or revoked)
>>>>>> certificate, API etc.
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>>>>>>>  How would this affect any installations it might have?
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>>>>>> Not at all.  so if (speaking Androind) ... a new "project" is used -
>>>>>> there is a new SenderID - that's more impact, since the actual mobile app
>>>>>> needs to be updated, but again that's not really a concern for the push
>>>>>> server
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>>>>>>> thoughts?
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>>>>>>> -Luke
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