com.bradmcevoy.http.webdav
Interface ResourceTypeHelper

All Known Implementing Classes:

WebDavResourceTypeHelper

public interface ResourceTypeHelper

Assists in determining the logical type of a given resource, for the purpose of the protocol

Author:

brad

Method Summary

java.util.List<javax.xml.namespace.QName>	getResourceTypes(Resource r) Get the resource types for a PROPFIND request.
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getSupportedLevels(Resource r) Gets the list of supported level names for a resource.

Method Detail

getResourceTypes

java.util.List<javax.xml.namespace.QName> getResourceTypes(Resource r)

Get the resource types for a PROPFIND request. E.g. collection, calendar, etc

Parameters:

r -

Returns:

- a list of QName's where the URI determines the namespace (E.g. DAV, http://calendarserver.org/ns/) and the name is the name of the resource type E.g. collection, calendar

getSupportedLevels

java.util.List<java.lang.String> getSupportedLevels(Resource r)

Gets the list of supported level names for a resource. This is to populate the DAV header, E.g. 1, access-control, calendar-access Typically, this list is determined by the type of the resource. Eg, if the resource supports locking then it returns 1, 2. Note that should **NOTE** be sensitive to authorisation or state. Ie a resource should have supported levels of 1,2 if it supports locking, regardless of whether or not the current user has permission to do so, and regardless of whether the resource can be locked in its current state.

Parameters:

r - - the resource

Returns:

- the list of supported level identifiers supported by the given resource