On Nov 29, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Pascal Robert wrote: > > Le 2012-11-29 à 11:08, Roger Perryman <[email protected]> a écrit : > >> >> On Nov 28, 2012, at 6:34 PM, Pascal Robert wrote: >> >>> >>> Le 2012-11-28 à 17:11, Roger Perryman <[email protected]> a écrit : >>> >>>> Thanks Michael. I've looked at it but I'll take a closer look at those >>>> classes. I assume I need to focus on @PathParam. While we're on the topic, >>>> what is the preferred way to code REST? Should I be using Annotations? Or >>>> does it depend on what the controller is doing? >>> >>> I never used the annotations. The only time I would use them is if I have >>> to register like 100 controllers, just to not have to do it in Application. >> >> If you are not using the @PathParam annotation, then how do you specify the >> parameters for the method? > > By parameters, you mean something like ?key=value ? Like Mike said, call > stringFormValueForKey
Yes. But I was also confusing myself between the parameters in the URL (key=value) and the method signature in the action methods since some of the examples seemed to suggest that methods received parameters instead of fetching them use routeObjectForKey. > http://slideshare.net/wocommunity/er-rest-thebasics Broken Link > Slides 25 and 26 > > or > > http://slideshare.net/wocommunity/er-rest-designinggoodapi > > Slides 15 and 16 > >> I assume you would use routeObjectForKey to access them. Does this mean >> there is no formal method signature? This would be similar to accessing >> parameters from a DirectAction call. >> >>>> >>>> Roger >>>> >>>> On Nov 28, 2012, at 3:19 PM, Michael Hast wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Roger: >>>>> >>>>> Take a look at the ERRestRouteExample application from Wonder. It helped >>>>> me understand how all that Rest stuff works in Wonder. It has some nice >>>>> inline comments. I would take a look at Application.java, >>>>> CarController.java and CompanyController.java. Both the CarController and >>>>> CompanyController have a showAction that uses a parameter. >>>>> >>>>> Michael >>>>> >>>>> On 11/28/2012 9:46 AM, Roger Perryman wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Nov 28, 2012, at 11:07 AM, Pascal Robert wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Le 2012-11-28 à 10:40, Roger Perryman <[email protected] >>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit : >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi All! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I am still getting my feet wet with ERRest. Does anyone have an >>>>>>>> example of a REST call to a custom method on an EO that is not a >>>>>>>> model property and that takes parameters? All of the examples that I >>>>>>>> have found use model properties and just "automagically" work. The >>>>>>>> framework extracts the parameters and updates modeled properties. The >>>>>>>> only example of a non-model property was derivedCurrentTime but it >>>>>>>> doesn't use any parameters. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If the custom method is part of the EO class, you just need to add a >>>>>>> ERXKey and add it to the keys for the response or request. >>>>>> >>>>>> If I understand you, you are saying to add these to my custom EO class: >>>>>> publicstaticfinalString LIST_PRACTICES_KEY= "listPractices"; >>>>>> public static final ERXKey<com.xeotech.resttest.datamodel.Practice> >>>>>> LIST_PRACTICES = new >>>>>> ERXKey<com.xeotech.resttest.datamodel.Practice>(LIST_PRACTICES_KEY); >>>>>> >>>>>> I still don't see how to retrieve the parameters to pass to this method. >>>>>> Also, based on a comment below, I assumed this method would live in the >>>>>> controller, not the EO. >>>>>> >>>>>>>> For example, given an address (or latitude / longitude coordinates) >>>>>>>> and a distance, find all Practices within the specified distance from >>>>>>>> the address. I'm unclear on how to extract the parameters and use >>>>>>>> them in a custom method. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Another example: I need to fetch all Practices that a Physician is >>>>>>>> associated with. I can get the list of Practices and I can get the >>>>>>>> list of Physicians. What is not clear is how to retrieve the >>>>>>>> Practices for the Physician. There is a relationship defined between >>>>>>>> Physicians and Practices. I'm sure it will end up requiring me to >>>>>>>> tweak my route setup. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This is from the ERRestRouteExample. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> routeRequestHandler.addRoute(new ERXRoute(Person.ENTITY_NAME, >>>>>>>> "/Person/{person:Person}", ERXRoute.Method.Get, >>>>>>>> PersonController.class, "show")); >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Would I change it to >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> routeRequestHandler.addRoute(new ERXRoute(Physician.ENTITY_NAME, >>>>>>>> "/Physician/{physician:Physician}/{practices:Practice}", >>>>>>>> ERXRoute.Method.Get, PhysicianController.class, "show")); >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It doesn't seem to work. Also, is "show" the proper choice? This is >>>>>>>> being sent to a client as data for a list and not displayed directly. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "show" is ok, as long as you have a "show" or "showAction" in >>>>>>> PhysicianController. But for naming purposes, if you want to get a >>>>>>> list of practices for a physician, I would call the method >>>>>>> "listPractices". >>>>>> >>>>>> So in the example above, practices is the name of a method inside my >>>>>> controller, not a relationship or attribute defined in the model? I >>>>>> can't find it now, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that if the >>>>>> framework cannot find a method, it check other places. Would the method >>>>>> without the final argument be more appropriate? And since I don't need >>>>>> to specify the Practice, how do I specify no parameters? >>>>>> >>>>>> routeRequestHandler.addRoute(new ERXRoute(Physician.ENTITY_NAME, >>>>>> "/Physician/{physician:Physician}/{listPractices:null}", >>>>>> ERXRoute.Method.Get, PhysicianController.class)); >>>>>> >>>>>>>> Is it OK to use addDefaultRoutes and also define additional routes? >>>>>>>> Or do I need to manually add all the routes if I need to customize any? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes it is ok. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. 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