[Opensim-dev] REST handlers use partial string matching

[Justin Clark-Casey]

In what context is such partial matching required?  It is not a requirement of REST, as far as I know.

On 01/04/14 18:55, Melanie wrote:
> The REST URLs need to use partial matching, however, current
> semantics are broken.
>
> Without partial matching, URLS like /assets/782911..... would not
> work. the issue here is that it should match whole URL parts, not
> partial URL parts. Matching partial words as it does now seems like
> someone was cutting corners, it's not by design.
>
> /assets/ should match /assets/9887234...... but not /assets_exist.
> The slash is the differentiator and partial compares of URL string
> prefixes should be done by full-string matches of slash/delimited
> parts, not prefix matching of the entire URL.
>
> Melanie
>
> On 01/04/2014 15:00, Oren Hurvitz wrote:
>> I tried to add a REST handler at the endpoint "/assets_exist". It turns out
>> that I can't do that, because REST handlers are searched using partial
>> string matches, so servers that don't implement the new handler will
>> mistakenly choose the "/assets" endpoint instead.
>>
>> For now, I solved the problem by using a different endpoint:
>> "/get_assets_exist".
>>
>> For the future, I think that this should be changed so that only full string
>> matches work. Otherwise each time a new handler is added it will have to
>> find an endpoint name that isn't a prefix of any current endpoint -- a
>> difficult and error-prone task. Before I do that, does anyone know of
>> endpoints that rely on the current behavior (partial string matches)?
>>
>>
>>
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