Difference between revisions of "Org.eclipse.higgins.cardsync.web"

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Web app that presents the RESTful CardSync API endpoint over the I-Card Service.

Version

org.eclipse.higgins.cardsync.web is being developed as part of Higgins 1.1.

RESTful API

• CardSync JAX-RS API - RESTful API
• CardSync Authentication - RESTful API Authentication
• CardSync Exceptions - coming soon
• CardSync Data Transfer Objects - objects moving over the network

Implementation

• CardSync Synchronization - Synchronization process

Architecture

This component fits into the this larger architecture:

Closed Issues

Should we use WebDAV?

Reasons For:

• reduces our development effort as this protocol is designed for resource synchronization. And that's what we're doing
• mature, widely supported. Being used in new projects such as Mozilla Weave.

Reasons Against:

• Not RESTful. WebDAV extends the HTTP verb set. As such is deprecated by the W3C.
• Can interfere with web cache architectures

Decision:

• We will NOT use WebDAV

Should we use Google protocol buffers?

Reasons For:

• Mature
• High performance
• Good libraries in both C++ and Java

Reasons Against:

• Question: Might using protobuf reduce the likelyhood of the CardSpace team collaborating with us and potentially using the CardSync Web App? <-- an outcome that would increase interoperability in the industry

Decision:

• We will NOT use Google protocol buffers