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Comment on Java HTTPS Client Issues by Aditya

Aditya — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:20:59 +0000

Hi John,

Very informative posts. I have a request. Could you please provide an example of how to call a secure Webservice method using your code above?

Comment on Installing Windows XP on a SATA Drive by Byhl

Byhl — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:41:26 +0000

Hello John!

Thank you so much for your help and intense work on the sata issue. I followed your instructions and it worked on the first attempt.

Well done!

Comment on PUT or POST: The REST of the Story by A simple (but long-winded) guide to REST web services | kill the radio

A simple (but long-winded) guide to REST web services | kill the radio — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:17:37 +0000

[...] something, you use “POST.” A RESTful web service uses other HTTP verbs as well, namely PUT and DELETE, and can also implement OPTIONS to show which methods are appropriate for a [...]

Comment on RESTful Transactions by Adib Saikali

Adib Saikali — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:55:00 +0000

trying again with square brackets so the blog does not eat
up the XML tags, replace all [] with angle brackets
below.

You can also version the accounts like this.

GET /accounts/chequing/11/latest
REDIRECT: /account/chequing/11/12
GET /account/chequing/11/12

balance=500

/account/chequing/11/12 is a url of the form /account/chequing/11/[versionNo]

REQUEST: GET /account/savings/14/latest
REDIRECT /account/saving/14/77
GET /account/saving/14/77

balance=5000

POST /transactions/

[from]/account/savings/14/77[/from]
[to]/account/chequing/11/12[/to]
[amount]400[/amount]
[/transfer]

201 CREATED
Location: /transactions/888

You can now do

GET /transactions/888
[transaction]
[transfer]
[from]/account/savings/14/77[/from]
[to]/account/chequing/11/12[/to]
[amount]400[/amount]
[/transfer]
[result]
[from id="/account/savings/14/78"]4600[/from]
[to id="/account/savings/11/13"]9000[/from]
[/result]
[/transaction]

Some Scenarios:

1) If there POST is posted more than once then the version
mismatch will be detected and the server can redirect
the client to another URI such as /transaction/versionMismatch which has an error message saying
the versions did not match

2) If the any of the accounts changed since I got the
acctual representation of the latest version version
mistmatch occurs and the tx fails

I have not thought of all the edge cases and if this could work, but this is very similar to how hibernate
does optimistic locking, I think it can probably be
made to work.

Comment on RESTful Transactions by Adib Saikali

Adib Saikali — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:28:23 +0000

Opps my XML tags around the request and response for a tx post got eaten up by the blog engine, ah I guess you need to view source to see them.

Comment on RESTful Transactions by Adib Saikali

Adib Saikali — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:26:45 +0000

You can also version the accounts like this.

GET /accounts/chequing/11/latest
REDIRECT: /account/chequing/11/12
GET /account/chequing/11/12

balance=500

/account/chequing/11/12 is a url of the form /account/chequing/11/{versionNo}

REQUEST: GET /account/savings/14/latest
REDIRECT /account/saving/14/77
GET /account/saving/14/77

balance=5000

POST /transactions/

/account/savings/14/77
/account/chequing/11/12
400

201 CREATED
Location: /transactions/888

GET /transactions/888

/account/savings/14/77
/account/chequing/11/12
400

4600
900

You can now do GET/

Some Scenarios:

2) If the any of the accounts changed since I got the
acctual representation of the latest version version
mistmatch occurs and the tx fails

I have not thought of all the edge cases and if this could work, but this is very similar to how hibernate
does optimistic locking, I think it can probably be
made to work.

Comment on Getting the Most Out of Your HTPC by Thiwa

Thiwa — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:36:30 +0000

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Comment on Java Https Key Setup by Arun

Arun — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:39:45 +0000

Thanks for this great pointer here

Comment on Getting the Most Out of Your HTPC by mike

mike — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:21:38 +0000

Hi John, Thanks!

Comment on Getting the Most Out of Your HTPC by John Calcote

John Calcote — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:56:59 +0000

@Mike: Did a little research. This card sounds perfect:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815100041

A steal at 59 bucks, but it doesn’t work with AVerMedia’s media center software – only with WMC or other general purpose TV software packages.