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Path URI

nenieorg — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:01:34 -0700

Yes path URI sounds so much better than the name value mess, and is not exclusive with defaulting of various types, with say a magic word as first component:

eiffel:///byclass/STRING/is_equal eiffel:///bycluster/foo/STRING/is_equal

etc

Though I am not aware of

ted_eiffel — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:28:24 -0700

Though I am not aware of what kind of software processes the URI and how it would be useful picking up name/value pairs, it is would always be better to follow standard. Using eiffel:///? is OK for me, except that it looks uglier. Actually the .ecf is not needed for EIS incoming mechanism. Only optional system/system UUID is needed for locating project.

Perhaps a path

colin-adams — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:35:48 -0700

You would need eiffel:///?... if you expected generic URI processing software to pick up the name/value pairs.

or alternatively abandon the query parameters approach, and have a structured path (something like /system/target/cluster/class/feature). But that would make it hard to default the system and target.

I can't see how this is supposed to work anyway. Surely you need an ecf file? In which case the obvious syntax is:

eiffel:///path/to/my.ecf?class=my_class&feature=my_feature

and the authority field is then available for a future extension for non-local access.

Colin Adams

Indeed. I think eiffel:///

ted_eiffel — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:04:22 -0700

Indeed. I think eiffel:/// would be nicer.

Invalid URIs

colin-adams — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:18:33 -0700

The syntax of the eiffel: URIs is invalid.

That is, the presence of the // indicates that what follows is an authority segment:

According to RFC 3986, this is terminated by the first /, ? or # character.

None of those is present, so the remainder of the URI needs to match the authority production syntax. As there is no @ or : present, this in turn means matching the syntax for host. Clearly it does not.

I suggest that you appear to be parameter/value pairs, and that therefore this remainder should actually be part of the query segment.

Accordingly, change eiffel:// into eiffel://? in order to conform to URI syntax.

I assume that by protocol link you actually meant URI scheme.

Colin Adams

and a module to integrate

bayt — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:18:05 -0700

and a module to integrate the whole output into eiffelroom and origo, by Peter.

xml

sanakan — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:47:00 -0700

just to let you know: there's also XML output in the works (by me :))