[overlord-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (SRAMP-541) Consider removing artifact/content updates

[Brett Meyer (JIRA)]

Brett Meyer created SRAMP-541:
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             Summary: Consider removing artifact/content updates
                 Key: SRAMP-541
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/SRAMP-541
             Project: S-RAMP
          Issue Type: Enhancement
      Security Level: Public (Everyone can see)
            Reporter: Brett Meyer
            Assignee: Brett Meyer


>From [~eric.wittmann] on SRAMP-539:

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In particular, updates are problematic with regard to derived content. What do we do with the derived artifacts if we change the content? Presumably we would delete them and re-derive. But if we do that, we might lose meta-data added to those derived artifacts manually by users. There may also be relationships that have been formed on those derived artifacts, in which case referential integrity will prevent them from being deleted, and the update will fail.

All in all I am disappointed in myself for implementing the updateContent feature to begin with.
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I also agree that updateContent and artifact updates should probably be removed entirely.  It's caused quite a bit of confusion, is only partially implemented, and could cause quite a bit of harm in real-world use cases.



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