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Posted to dev@vxquery.apache.org by Preston Carman <pr...@gmail.com> on 2017/08/14 15:30:35 UTC
Re: VXQuery: Problem when migrating XTests
I included the dev list to help document this conversation.
Go ahead and add a parameter to the rest API for the source map.
The documentation should be in two places. First let's keep the wiki up today with the changes you have made. Also the final user documentation should be on the VXQuery website. Under the VXQuery maven project, you will find a src/site folder where all the xml and apt files are stored to produce the website. I think we probably need a new page that defines and shows examples like the wiki. The site has documentation on how to build the site.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 13, 2017, at 8:13 PM, Erandi Ganepola <er...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Ian and Preston,
>
> Adding to the previous email, can you point me out where should I write documentation?
>
> Erandi Ganepola
> Undergraduate
> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>
>
>
>> On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Erandi Ganepola <er...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Ian and Preston,
>>
>> I started migrating XTests to use REST API as discussed [1]. But there is a small problem when using the REST API.
>>
>> In XTests (at [2]), we have to pass a source file map which will be used by the CompilerControllerBlock to determine the collections mentioned in the queries. When we go through the REST API, currently there is no way to pass such a parameter (a map). Passing such a value at initialization time is not possible as far as I see.
>>
>> As I understand, one solution will be to use POST requests in the REST API and allow the source file map to be sent as well. What do you suggest?
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/erandiganepola/vxquery/commit/8f85db5f4c087f4fb414b42de5461bd48665d863
>> [2] https://github.com/apache/vxquery/blob/master/vxquery-xtest/src/main/java/org/apache/vxquery/xtest/TestRunner.java#L144
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> Erandi Ganepola
>> Undergraduate
>> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
>> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>>
>>
>
Re: VXQuery: Problem when migrating XTests
Posted by Erandi Ganepola <er...@gmail.com>.
Hi Preston,
I will change the REST API to support both POST and GET.
Thanks and Regards,
*Erandi Ganepola*
Undergraduate
BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
<https://github.com/erandiganepola> <https://twitter.com/erandiganepola>
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Preston Carman <pr...@apache.org> wrote:
> Erandi,
>
> Can we support both GET and POST? Maybe a few of the parameters are
> restricted to the POST request.
>
> The Swagger IO configuration is a starting point to create a REST API. If
> we have a good reason to change the specification, lets make the change. At
> this point only the CLI and XTest are clients to the REST API.
>
> Preston
>
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Erandi Ganepola <
> erandiganepola@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Till,
>>
>> I agree with you. But we have this [1] agreed REST API specification, in
>> which we are using GET requests to communicate. Right now, we are sending
>> statement to be executed as a query parameter and so on.
>>
>> The problem here is, if we want to send a map (source file map) to REST
>> API, we cannot do that with GET by appending query parameters. We have to
>> go for POST. So the idea of me raising this question was to ask for
>> permissions to change the request type in the specification to POST. Hope
>> you got the context.
>>
>> [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VXQUERY/Swag
>> gerIO+Configuration
>>
>> *Erandi Ganepola*
>> Undergraduate
>> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
>> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>>
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
>> <https://github.com/erandiganepola>
>> <https://twitter.com/erandiganepola>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 9:06 PM, Till Westmann <ti...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Erandi,
>>>
>>> I think that I might not have all the context for the discussion so maybe
>>> I’m working on flawed assumptions.
>>> If the request that we are talking about is a request to submit a query
>>> to
>>> the system, I think that POST is an adequate HTTP verb. We’re not really
>>> using the URL to identify a resource, but we are submitting a job for
>>> evaluation/execution.
>>>
>>> Hope this makes sense.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Till
>>>
>>> On 14 Aug 2017, at 23:54, Erandi Ganepola wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Preston,
>>>>
>>>> If I'm to add the source file map to parameters, we have to change the
>>>> REST
>>>> API methods to *POST* because GET method doesn't support sending maps
>>>> (set
>>>> of key value pairs). Will that be ok?
>>>>
>>>> *Erandi Ganepola*
>>>> Undergraduate
>>>> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
>>>> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>>>>
>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
>>>> <https://github.com/erandiganepola> <https://twitter.com/erandiga
>>>> nepola>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 9:00 PM, Preston Carman <
>>>> prestoncapache@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I included the dev list to help document this conversation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Go ahead and add a parameter to the rest API for the source map.
>>>>>
>>>>> The documentation should be in two places. First let's keep the wiki up
>>>>> today with the changes you have made. Also the final user documentation
>>>>> should be on the VXQuery website. Under the VXQuery maven project, you
>>>>> will
>>>>> find a src/site folder where all the xml and apt files are stored to
>>>>> produce the website. I think we probably need a new page that defines
>>>>> and
>>>>> shows examples like the wiki. The site has documentation on how to
>>>>> build
>>>>> the site.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 13, 2017, at 8:13 PM, Erandi Ganepola <erandiganepola@gmail.com
>>>>> >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Ian and Preston,
>>>>>
>>>>> Adding to the previous email, can you point me out where should I write
>>>>> documentation?
>>>>>
>>>>> *Erandi Ganepola*
>>>>> Undergraduate
>>>>> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
>>>>> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
>>>>> <https://github.com/erandiganepola> <https://twitter.com/erandiga
>>>>> nepola>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Erandi Ganepola <
>>>>> erandiganepola@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Ian and Preston,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I started migrating XTests to use REST API as discussed [1]. But
>>>>>> there is
>>>>>> a small problem when using the REST API.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In XTests (at [2]), we have to pass a *source file map* which will be
>>>>>> used by the *CompilerControllerBlock *to determine the collections
>>>>>> mentioned in the queries. When we go through the REST API, currently
>>>>>> there
>>>>>> is no way to pass such a parameter (a map). Passing such a value at
>>>>>> initialization time is not possible as far as I see.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As I understand, one solution will be to use POST requests in the REST
>>>>>> API and allow the source file map to be sent as well. What do you
>>>>>> suggest?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] https://github.com/erandiganepola/vxquery/commit/8f85db5
>>>>>> f4c087f4fb414b42de5461bd48665d863
>>>>>> [2] https://github.com/apache/vxquery/blob/master/vxquery-xt
>>>>>> est/src/main/java/org/apache/vxquery/xtest/TestRunner.java#L144
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>>>> *Erandi Ganepola*
>>>>>> Undergraduate
>>>>>> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
>>>>>> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
>>>>>> <https://github.com/erandiganepola>
>>>>>> <https://twitter.com/erandiganepola>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>
Re: VXQuery: Problem when migrating XTests
Posted by Preston Carman <pr...@apache.org>.
Erandi,
Can we support both GET and POST? Maybe a few of the parameters are
restricted to the POST request.
The Swagger IO configuration is a starting point to create a REST API. If
we have a good reason to change the specification, lets make the change. At
this point only the CLI and XTest are clients to the REST API.
Preston
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Erandi Ganepola <er...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Till,
>
> I agree with you. But we have this [1] agreed REST API specification, in
> which we are using GET requests to communicate. Right now, we are sending
> statement to be executed as a query parameter and so on.
>
> The problem here is, if we want to send a map (source file map) to REST
> API, we cannot do that with GET by appending query parameters. We have to
> go for POST. So the idea of me raising this question was to ask for
> permissions to change the request type in the specification to POST. Hope
> you got the context.
>
> [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VXQUERY/
> SwaggerIO+Configuration
>
> *Erandi Ganepola*
> Undergraduate
> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
> <https://github.com/erandiganepola> <https://twitter.com/erandiganepola>
>
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 9:06 PM, Till Westmann <ti...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Erandi,
>>
>> I think that I might not have all the context for the discussion so maybe
>> I’m working on flawed assumptions.
>> If the request that we are talking about is a request to submit a query to
>> the system, I think that POST is an adequate HTTP verb. We’re not really
>> using the URL to identify a resource, but we are submitting a job for
>> evaluation/execution.
>>
>> Hope this makes sense.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Till
>>
>> On 14 Aug 2017, at 23:54, Erandi Ganepola wrote:
>>
>> Hi Preston,
>>>
>>> If I'm to add the source file map to parameters, we have to change the
>>> REST
>>> API methods to *POST* because GET method doesn't support sending maps
>>> (set
>>> of key value pairs). Will that be ok?
>>>
>>> *Erandi Ganepola*
>>> Undergraduate
>>> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
>>> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>>>
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
>>> <https://github.com/erandiganepola> <https://twitter.com/erandiga
>>> nepola>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 9:00 PM, Preston Carman <
>>> prestoncapache@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I included the dev list to help document this conversation.
>>>>
>>>> Go ahead and add a parameter to the rest API for the source map.
>>>>
>>>> The documentation should be in two places. First let's keep the wiki up
>>>> today with the changes you have made. Also the final user documentation
>>>> should be on the VXQuery website. Under the VXQuery maven project, you
>>>> will
>>>> find a src/site folder where all the xml and apt files are stored to
>>>> produce the website. I think we probably need a new page that defines
>>>> and
>>>> shows examples like the wiki. The site has documentation on how to build
>>>> the site.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 13, 2017, at 8:13 PM, Erandi Ganepola <er...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Ian and Preston,
>>>>
>>>> Adding to the previous email, can you point me out where should I write
>>>> documentation?
>>>>
>>>> *Erandi Ganepola*
>>>> Undergraduate
>>>> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
>>>> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>>>>
>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
>>>> <https://github.com/erandiganepola> <https://twitter.com/erandiga
>>>> nepola>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Erandi Ganepola <
>>>> erandiganepola@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Ian and Preston,
>>>>>
>>>>> I started migrating XTests to use REST API as discussed [1]. But there
>>>>> is
>>>>> a small problem when using the REST API.
>>>>>
>>>>> In XTests (at [2]), we have to pass a *source file map* which will be
>>>>> used by the *CompilerControllerBlock *to determine the collections
>>>>> mentioned in the queries. When we go through the REST API, currently
>>>>> there
>>>>> is no way to pass such a parameter (a map). Passing such a value at
>>>>> initialization time is not possible as far as I see.
>>>>>
>>>>> As I understand, one solution will be to use POST requests in the REST
>>>>> API and allow the source file map to be sent as well. What do you
>>>>> suggest?
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] https://github.com/erandiganepola/vxquery/commit/8f85db5
>>>>> f4c087f4fb414b42de5461bd48665d863
>>>>> [2] https://github.com/apache/vxquery/blob/master/vxquery-xt
>>>>> est/src/main/java/org/apache/vxquery/xtest/TestRunner.java#L144
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>>> *Erandi Ganepola*
>>>>> Undergraduate
>>>>> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
>>>>> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
>>>>> <https://github.com/erandiganepola>
>>>>> <https://twitter.com/erandiganepola>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>
Re: VXQuery: Problem when migrating XTests
Posted by Erandi Ganepola <er...@gmail.com>.
Hi Till,
I agree with you. But we have this [1] agreed REST API specification, in
which we are using GET requests to communicate. Right now, we are sending
statement to be executed as a query parameter and so on.
The problem here is, if we want to send a map (source file map) to REST
API, we cannot do that with GET by appending query parameters. We have to
go for POST. So the idea of me raising this question was to ask for
permissions to change the request type in the specification to POST. Hope
you got the context.
[1]
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VXQUERY/SwaggerIO+Configuration
*Erandi Ganepola*
Undergraduate
BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
<https://github.com/erandiganepola> <https://twitter.com/erandiganepola>
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 9:06 PM, Till Westmann <ti...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi Erandi,
>
> I think that I might not have all the context for the discussion so maybe
> I’m working on flawed assumptions.
> If the request that we are talking about is a request to submit a query to
> the system, I think that POST is an adequate HTTP verb. We’re not really
> using the URL to identify a resource, but we are submitting a job for
> evaluation/execution.
>
> Hope this makes sense.
>
> Cheers,
> Till
>
> On 14 Aug 2017, at 23:54, Erandi Ganepola wrote:
>
> Hi Preston,
>>
>> If I'm to add the source file map to parameters, we have to change the
>> REST
>> API methods to *POST* because GET method doesn't support sending maps (set
>> of key value pairs). Will that be ok?
>>
>> *Erandi Ganepola*
>> Undergraduate
>> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
>> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>>
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
>> <https://github.com/erandiganepola> <https://twitter.com/erandiganepola
>> >
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 9:00 PM, Preston Carman <prestoncapache@gmail.com
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>> I included the dev list to help document this conversation.
>>>
>>> Go ahead and add a parameter to the rest API for the source map.
>>>
>>> The documentation should be in two places. First let's keep the wiki up
>>> today with the changes you have made. Also the final user documentation
>>> should be on the VXQuery website. Under the VXQuery maven project, you
>>> will
>>> find a src/site folder where all the xml and apt files are stored to
>>> produce the website. I think we probably need a new page that defines and
>>> shows examples like the wiki. The site has documentation on how to build
>>> the site.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Aug 13, 2017, at 8:13 PM, Erandi Ganepola <er...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Ian and Preston,
>>>
>>> Adding to the previous email, can you point me out where should I write
>>> documentation?
>>>
>>> *Erandi Ganepola*
>>> Undergraduate
>>> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
>>> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>>>
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
>>> <https://github.com/erandiganepola> <https://twitter.com/erandiga
>>> nepola>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Erandi Ganepola <
>>> erandiganepola@gmail.com
>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Ian and Preston,
>>>>
>>>> I started migrating XTests to use REST API as discussed [1]. But there
>>>> is
>>>> a small problem when using the REST API.
>>>>
>>>> In XTests (at [2]), we have to pass a *source file map* which will be
>>>> used by the *CompilerControllerBlock *to determine the collections
>>>> mentioned in the queries. When we go through the REST API, currently
>>>> there
>>>> is no way to pass such a parameter (a map). Passing such a value at
>>>> initialization time is not possible as far as I see.
>>>>
>>>> As I understand, one solution will be to use POST requests in the REST
>>>> API and allow the source file map to be sent as well. What do you
>>>> suggest?
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://github.com/erandiganepola/vxquery/commit/8f85db5
>>>> f4c087f4fb414b42de5461bd48665d863
>>>> [2] https://github.com/apache/vxquery/blob/master/vxquery-xt
>>>> est/src/main/java/org/apache/vxquery/xtest/TestRunner.java#L144
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>> *Erandi Ganepola*
>>>> Undergraduate
>>>> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
>>>> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>>>>
>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
>>>> <https://github.com/erandiganepola>
>>>> <https://twitter.com/erandiganepola>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
Re: VXQuery: Problem when migrating XTests
Posted by Till Westmann <ti...@apache.org>.
Hi Erandi,
I think that I might not have all the context for the discussion so
maybe
I’m working on flawed assumptions.
If the request that we are talking about is a request to submit a query
to
the system, I think that POST is an adequate HTTP verb. We’re not
really
using the URL to identify a resource, but we are submitting a job for
evaluation/execution.
Hope this makes sense.
Cheers,
Till
On 14 Aug 2017, at 23:54, Erandi Ganepola wrote:
> Hi Preston,
>
> If I'm to add the source file map to parameters, we have to change the
> REST
> API methods to *POST* because GET method doesn't support sending maps
> (set
> of key value pairs). Will that be ok?
>
> *Erandi Ganepola*
> Undergraduate
> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
> <https://github.com/erandiganepola>
> <https://twitter.com/erandiganepola>
>
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 9:00 PM, Preston Carman
> <pr...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I included the dev list to help document this conversation.
>>
>> Go ahead and add a parameter to the rest API for the source map.
>>
>> The documentation should be in two places. First let's keep the wiki
>> up
>> today with the changes you have made. Also the final user
>> documentation
>> should be on the VXQuery website. Under the VXQuery maven project,
>> you will
>> find a src/site folder where all the xml and apt files are stored to
>> produce the website. I think we probably need a new page that defines
>> and
>> shows examples like the wiki. The site has documentation on how to
>> build
>> the site.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Aug 13, 2017, at 8:13 PM, Erandi Ganepola
>> <er...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ian and Preston,
>>
>> Adding to the previous email, can you point me out where should I
>> write
>> documentation?
>>
>> *Erandi Ganepola*
>> Undergraduate
>> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
>> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>>
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
>> <https://github.com/erandiganepola>
>> <https://twitter.com/erandiganepola>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Erandi Ganepola
>> <erandiganepola@gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ian and Preston,
>>>
>>> I started migrating XTests to use REST API as discussed [1]. But
>>> there is
>>> a small problem when using the REST API.
>>>
>>> In XTests (at [2]), we have to pass a *source file map* which will
>>> be
>>> used by the *CompilerControllerBlock *to determine the collections
>>> mentioned in the queries. When we go through the REST API, currently
>>> there
>>> is no way to pass such a parameter (a map). Passing such a value at
>>> initialization time is not possible as far as I see.
>>>
>>> As I understand, one solution will be to use POST requests in the
>>> REST
>>> API and allow the source file map to be sent as well. What do you
>>> suggest?
>>>
>>> [1] https://github.com/erandiganepola/vxquery/commit/8f85db5
>>> f4c087f4fb414b42de5461bd48665d863
>>> [2] https://github.com/apache/vxquery/blob/master/vxquery-xt
>>> est/src/main/java/org/apache/vxquery/xtest/TestRunner.java#L144
>>>
>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>> *Erandi Ganepola*
>>> Undergraduate
>>> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
>>> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>>>
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
>>> <https://github.com/erandiganepola>
>>> <https://twitter.com/erandiganepola>
>>>
>>
>>
Re: VXQuery: Problem when migrating XTests
Posted by Erandi Ganepola <er...@gmail.com>.
Hi Preston,
If I'm to add the source file map to parameters, we have to change the REST
API methods to *POST* because GET method doesn't support sending maps (set
of key value pairs). Will that be ok?
*Erandi Ganepola*
Undergraduate
BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
<https://github.com/erandiganepola> <https://twitter.com/erandiganepola>
On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 9:00 PM, Preston Carman <pr...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I included the dev list to help document this conversation.
>
> Go ahead and add a parameter to the rest API for the source map.
>
> The documentation should be in two places. First let's keep the wiki up
> today with the changes you have made. Also the final user documentation
> should be on the VXQuery website. Under the VXQuery maven project, you will
> find a src/site folder where all the xml and apt files are stored to
> produce the website. I think we probably need a new page that defines and
> shows examples like the wiki. The site has documentation on how to build
> the site.
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 13, 2017, at 8:13 PM, Erandi Ganepola <er...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Ian and Preston,
>
> Adding to the previous email, can you point me out where should I write
> documentation?
>
> *Erandi Ganepola*
> Undergraduate
> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
> <https://github.com/erandiganepola> <https://twitter.com/erandiganepola>
>
> On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Erandi Ganepola <erandiganepola@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi Ian and Preston,
>>
>> I started migrating XTests to use REST API as discussed [1]. But there is
>> a small problem when using the REST API.
>>
>> In XTests (at [2]), we have to pass a *source file map* which will be
>> used by the *CompilerControllerBlock *to determine the collections
>> mentioned in the queries. When we go through the REST API, currently there
>> is no way to pass such a parameter (a map). Passing such a value at
>> initialization time is not possible as far as I see.
>>
>> As I understand, one solution will be to use POST requests in the REST
>> API and allow the source file map to be sent as well. What do you suggest?
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/erandiganepola/vxquery/commit/8f85db5
>> f4c087f4fb414b42de5461bd48665d863
>> [2] https://github.com/apache/vxquery/blob/master/vxquery-xt
>> est/src/main/java/org/apache/vxquery/xtest/TestRunner.java#L144
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> *Erandi Ganepola*
>> Undergraduate
>> BSc. Management and Information Technology (IT Sp.)
>> University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
>>
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erandiganepola/>
>> <https://github.com/erandiganepola>
>> <https://twitter.com/erandiganepola>
>>
>
>