[Cuis-dev] WebClient issues

[Mariano Montone]

El mar, 1 de oct de 2024, 21:31, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann at gmail.com>
escribió:

> Sure, I could create subclasses of classes in the WebClient package to add
> the missing features. I’m curious how it is decided when it’s appropriate
> to do that rather than improve the existing classes. The features I’m
> proposing seem like fundamental web features, so I thought it would be
> better to improve the existing classes so everyone gets access to those
> features without needing to use new subclasses.
>

I don't see using a different class as an inconvenience.



> ---
> R. Mark Volkmann
> Object Computing, Inc.
>
> On Oct 1, 2024, at 7:21 PM, Mariano Montone <marianomontone at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Can't you implement as a subclass and/or separate package (that depends on
> webclient package)? I had that at some point.
> El dom, 29 de sept de 2024, 11:41, Mark Volkmann via Cuis-dev <
> cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> escribió:
>
>> I've been digging into the WebClient package which can be used to
>> implement HTTP servers in addition to sending HTTP requests. It has these
>> three shortcomings:
>>
>> 1) It doesn't support paths containing path parameters. Request matching
>> is done through Dictionary lookups and doesn't work when there are
>> path parameters. For example, you can define a route for "GET /dog", but
>> you cannot define a route for "PUT /dog/:id" to update a dog with a given
>> id.
>>
>> 2) It doesn't support query parameters. For example, in a request like
>> "GET /car?size=small&color=yellow", there is no method that will return a
>> DIctionary containing the query parameters size and color.
>>
>> 3) It doesn't support PATCH requests. These are used to update a subset
>> of the properties of a given resource, unlike PUT requests which update all
>> the properties.
>>
>> I can fix these shortcomings, but before I do that I want to verify
>> whether there would be interest in possibly merging my changes. If not then
>> I can just create my own fork of that package.
>>
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>> R. Mark Volkmann
>> Object Computing, Inc.
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