[jira] [Created] (SLING-7553) Sling POST servlet - expand Patch method integration tests.

["John Logan (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

John Logan created SLING-7553:
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             Summary: Sling POST servlet - expand Patch method integration tests.
                 Key: SLING-7553
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-7553
             Project: Sling
          Issue Type: Test
          Components: Servlets
    Affects Versions: Launchpad Integration Tests 1.0.6
            Reporter: John Logan
             Fix For: Launchpad Integration Tests 1.0.8
         Attachments: sling-org-apache-sling-launchpad-integration-tests.patch.gz

Per the discussion at:

[https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a57cec24f459fa0972c93ef4a2759755435a77d6a9c590e7a23440d4@%3Cusers.sling.apache.org%3E]

I was trying to include an empty string[] property in nodes created with the POST servlet to avoid errors when adapting the nodes to Sling models, and found that the Patch method supported this by adding and removing a property on a newly created node in the same operation.

 

At present this behavior is undocumented.  If we wish to clarify the behavior, it seems that there are two possibilities:
 * Document the current behavior (it appears that Patch operations are applied in sequence).  For this case, I have attached a patch to the integration tests that tests adding and removing a property for a new node, as well as removing and adding a property.
 * Update the documentation to state that the behavior for adding and removing in the same operation is unspecified and therefore should not be relied upon.

I have no preference, as I've since switched to the more natural approach of using a default value attribute on the model classes to solve my original problem.



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