DAV:responsedescription element

[Christian Niles <ch...@unit12.net>]

Hi,
I got a copy of Slide from CVS this morning to use the webdav client 
library in a project I'm working on, and I noticed that neither the 
Property or ResponseEntity classes (both in the org.apache.webdav.lib 
package) exposed the DAV:responsedescription element from 
DAV:multistatus responses. Is this on purpose? I searched through the 
mailing list archives and found some code within the server that 
mentions sending the element when a DeltaV precondition fails, but 
nothing in the client library for inspecting it.

Also, The DTD for RFC 2518 notes it as optional and containing PCDATA 
within the DAV:multistatus, DAV:response, and DAV:propstat elements, 
but a check of the DeltaV spec states that it should contain a 
DAV:error element when a precondition fails; which is contradictory of 
course. Is this the reason for its absence? Has anyone ever mentioned 
it on a webdav list? A google search didn't turn anything up for me.

I've added a getResponseDescription() method to my copies of the 
Property and Response interfaces and written an implementation. I can 
send them to someone if they'd be helpful. It currently adheres to 2518 
though, and returns a String.

best,
christian.


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