Deprecate application/octet-stream encoding parameter in REST API ----------------------------------------------------------------- Key: ISPN-11968 URL: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/ISPN-11968 Project: Infinispan Issue Type: Task Components: REST Affects Versions: 11.0.0.CR1 Reporter: Dan Berindei Priority: Major Fix For: 12.1.0.Final The REST API allows a client to encode {{application/octet-stream}} keys and values either in BASE64 or in an ad-hoc {{hex}} format, depending on the value of the {{encoding}} parameter. REST, being based on HTTP, offers a more natural encoding of {{application/octet-stream}}: * In the URI, the keys should be [percent-encoded|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding] * Even when listing the keys in the cache, and the keys appear in the body, it might be a good idea to list the keys as relative URIs (therefore percent-encoded) * The values only appear in the request/response body, so they should not be encoded at all