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package org.exist.http;
/**
* Enumeration of each Parameter
* used by the RESTServer
*
* @author Adam Retter
*/
enum RESTServerParameter {
/**
* The results of XPath and XQuery executions
* by the REST Server are cached if the Cache Parameter is set.
* This can be used in the Query String of a GET request
* to release the cached results of a query.
*
* The value of the parameter should be the cached session id.
*
* Contexts: GET
*/
Release,
/**
* Can be used in the Query String of a GET request
* to provide an XPath to execute. The context of the XPath
* is the resource or collection indicated in the URI.
*
* The value of the parameter should be an XPath expression.
*
* Contexts: GET
*/
XPath,
/**
* Can be used in either the Query String of a GET request
* or in the body of a POST request to provide an XQuery
* to execute. The context of the XQuery is the resource or
* collection indicated in the URI.
*
* Contexts: GET, POST
*
* The value of the parameter when used in the query string of a GET
* request should be a valid XQuery.
*
* The value of this parameter used in the body of POST requests
* has the following format:
*
*
* (exist:text,
* exist:variables?,
* exist:properties?)
*
*/
Query,
/**
* Can be used in either the Query String of a GET request
* or in the body of a POST request to specify values for
* any XQuery external variables that you wish to bind.
*
* Contexts: GET, POST
*
* The value of this parameter, is an XML element with the format:
*
*
* (exist:variable+)
*
*/
Variables,
/**
* XML description can be used inside Variables
* in either the Query String of a GET request or
* in the body of a POST request to specify the name
* and value of an external XQuery variable.
*
* Contexts: GET, POST
*
* The value of this parameter, is an XML element with the format:
*
*
* (exist:qname,
* sx:sequence)
*
*
*
* (exist:prefix?,
* exist:localname,
* exist:namespace?)
*
*
*
* (sx:value+)
*
*
*
* (text() | element())
*
*/
Variable,
/**
* Can be used in the Query String of a GET request when
* supplying an XPath or XQuery to indicate how many
* results should be returned (if the query returns a sequence
* of items).
*
* Contexts: GET
*
* The value of the parameter should be a number greater than zero.
*
* See Max for POST requests.
*/
HowMany,
/**
* Can be used in the body of a POST request when
* supplying an XQuery to indicate how many
* results should be returned (if the query returns a sequence
* of items).
*
* Contexts: POST
*
* The value of the parameter should be a number greater than zero.
*
* See HowMany for GET requests.
*/
Max,
/**
* Can be used in either the Query String of a GET request
* or in the body of a POST request when supplying an XPath or XQuery
* to indicate where the result sequence should start from
* (if the query returns a sequence of items)
*
* For GET requests the result subsequence is Start => results <= HowMany
*
* For POST requests the result subsequence is Start => results <= Max
*
* Contexts: GET, POST
*
* The value of the parameter should be a positive number.
*/
Start,
/**
* Can be used in either the Query String of a GET request
* or in the body of a POST request when supplying an XPath or XQuery,
* it causes the results of the query to be annotated with data type
* information.
*
* Contexts: GET, POST
*
* The value of the parameter should be either "yes" or "no".
*/
Typed,
/**
* Can be used in either the Query String of a GET request
* or in the body of a POST request when supplying an XPath or XQuery,
* it causes the results of the query to be wrapped in an exist:result
* element with some detail about the results.
*
* Contexts: GET, POST
*
* The value of the parameter should be either "yes" or "no".
*
* The format of the wrapper has the format:
*
*
* any*
*
*/
Wrap,
/**
* Can be used in either the Query String of a GET request
* or in the body of a POST request when supplying an XPath or XQuery,
* it causes the results of the query to be cached on the server.
*
* This parameter is useful in combination with Start and HowMany/Max
* to enable you to execute a query once, and then retrieve the results
* in pages.
*
* Cached results are assigned a Session ID which you need to use in
* subsequent requests. The Session ID is returned in the
* exist:result/@session attribute if you have used the Wrap parameter,
* and also in the HTTP Response Header X-Session-Id
*
* Contexts: GET, POST
*
* The value of the parameter should be either "yes" or "no".
*/
Cache,
/**
* Can be used in the Query String of a GET request
* to indicate that an XML result should be indented.
*
* Contexts: GET
*
* The value of the parameter should be either "yes" or "no".
*/
Indent,
/**
* Can be used in the Query String of a GET request to retrieve
* the Source Code of an XQuery or XProc resource rather than
* executing the resource.
*
* Contexts: GET
*
* The value of the parameter should be either "yes" or "no".
*/
Source,
/**
* Can be used in either the Query String of a GET request
* or in the body of a POST request when supplying an XPath or XQuery,
* it identified the results of a previous query that were cached on the
* server.
*
* Contexts: GET, POST
*
* The value of the parameter should be a Session ID previously assigned
* by eXist from a request made using the Cache parameter.
*/
Session,
/**
* Can be used in the Query String of a GET request to enable or
* disable expansion of XSL Processing Instructions by the serializer
* operating on the result of the request.
* It can also be used to specify a specific XSL to be used by the
* serializer.
*
* Contexts: GET
*
* The value of the parameter should be either "yes", "no", or a path
* to an XSL file in the database.
*
* Note - The expansion of XSL Processing Instruction is also enabled or
* disabled in conf.xml.
*/
XSL,
/**
* Can be used in the Query String of a GET or HEAD request to specify
* the character encoding to be used to form the response.
*
* Contexts: GET, HEAD
*/
Encoding,
/**
* Enclose is a synonym for Wrap.
* See Wrap.
*
* Contexts: POST
*/
Enclose,
/**
* Can be used in the body of a POST request when supplying an XQuery,
* it causes the results of the query to be serialized just the supplied
* serializer method.
*
* Contexts: POST
*
* The value of the parameter must be a valid serialization method,
* currently this is one of:
* "xml", "xhtml", "html", "html5", "json" or "text"
*/
Method,
/**
* TODO This is not currently implemented.
*/
Mime,
/**
* Can be used in the body of a POST request when supplying an XQuery,
* it contains the XQuery itself. Typically the XQuery is first placed
* in a CDATA section to escape any non-XML characters.
*
* Contexts: POST
*
*
* {current-dateTime()}
* ]]>
*
*/
Text,
/**
* Can be used in the body of a POST request when supplying an XQuery,
* it contains extra properties for the serializer. See Property.
*
* Contexts: POST
*
*
* (exist:property+)
*
*/
Properties,
/**
* Can be used in the body of a POST request when supplying an XQuery,
* it contains a property definition for the serializer
* e.g.
*/
Property;
/**
* Get the parameter key that is
* to be used in a URL Query String.
*
* @return The parameter key, suitable for use in a URL
*/
public String queryStringKey() {
return "_" + xmlKey();
}
/**
* Get the parameter key that is to
* be used in an XML document as
* either an element or attribute name.
*
* @return The parameter key, suitable for use in an XML document
*/
public String xmlKey() {
return name().toLowerCase();
}
}
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