Changes between Version 53 and Version 54 of RESTController

Timestamp:

08/22/10 18:44:54 (15 years ago)

Author:

Dominic König

Comment:

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RESTController

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 = REST Controller =
 
-The so called '''REST Controller''' (function {{{shn_rest_controller()}}}) is a wrapper function for the REST interface of the [wiki:S3XRC_S3Resource S3Resource].
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-[wiki:S3XRC_S3Resource S3Resource] objects provide a generic '''RESTful API''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer Representational State Transfer]) for Sahana Eden database resources, i.e. they can map HTTP requests to data resources and function calls. 
+The so called '''REST Controller''' (function {{{shn_rest_controller()}}}) is a wrapper function for the RESTful API of the [wiki:S3XRC_S3Resource S3Resource] class.
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+The [wiki:S3XRC_S3Resource S3Resource] class implements a generic '''RESTful API''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer Representational State Transfer]) for Sahana Eden database resources, i.e. they can map HTTP requests to data resources and function calls. 
 
 In particular, they map resource addresses (=URL's) and HTTP methods (=GET, PUT, DELETE etc.) to CRUD actions, and then invoke so called ''method handlers'' (provided by the calling controller via hooks) to execute those actions.
 
-The function {{{shn_rest_controller()}}} provides a number of generic CRUD method handlers. These method handlers as well as {{{shn_rest_controller()}}} itself are implemented in:
+The function {{{shn_rest_controller()}}} provides by default a number of generic CRUD method handlers. These method handlers as well as {{{shn_rest_controller()}}} itself are implemented in:
 
   * {{{models/01_crud.py}}}.
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 A good tool for testing the REST functionality is the [http://code.google.com/p/rest-client/ RESTClient]
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 == Resources ==