Not sure, here's some guesses on what making JSF "RESTFul" means:
* Unique URIs to each "page"
* don't overload the meaning of HTTP methods. i.e. don't change state
of server with a GET
* No sessions, stateless
Or maybe people just want nice URI templating and JAX-RS injection
annotations. I don't know. Which isn't persay, "REST", but still nice
to have.
Dan Allen wrote:
I am working on Seam+RESTEasy integration as a part of my university
thesis. I am focusing more on new features rather than bug fixing as
this is more interesting for university however I was fixing some
bugs as well. The plan is to implement following things:
* REST API for application framework - I am working on a
component that exposes CRUD API to manipulate database entities
(using Seam's home and query components)- I have some working
prototypes already, working on details now.
* Exception mapping in pages.xml
* Facelets XHTML mapping
Furthermore, I am planning on creating a sample application
demonstrating Seam+RESTEasy integration. It will be a simple todo
app exposing REST API.
Jozef, while you are thinking about how to expand this integration,
could you record some thoughts about how JSF might leverage REST. One of
the features that has been long requested of JSF is that it support
REST. The problem is, we have to first figure out what that even means.
Maybe it isn't even relevant. Either way, if there is a sensible
integration, we (Red Hat) want to be the ones that figure it out and
propose it to the JSF EG for JSF 2.1.
It may well be that the JSF REST merely consists of defining mappings in
the PDL (i.e., Facelets).
If anyone else has any thoughts, feel free to share them.
-Dan
--
Dan Allen
Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action
http://mojavelinux.com
http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction
NOTE: While I make a strong effort to keep up with my email on a daily
basis, personal or other work matters can sometimes keep me away
from my email. If you contact me, but don't hear back for more than a week,
it is very likely that I am excessively backlogged or the message was
caught in the spam filters. Please don't hesitate to resend a message if
you feel that it did not reach my attention.
--
Bill Burke
JBoss, a division of Red Hat
http://bill.burkecentral.com