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Re: Changing featuretype datastore using REST

by ajayr :: Rate this Message:

Hey Justin

Thanks for the information, yeah I have decided to make my implementation more RESTful based on ur suggestion.

Another question, do you know if the 1.7.5 version of geoserver's REST supports having multiple featuretypes for a single shapefile datastore. I know we can kinda do it through the admin GUI interface, any idea if the same can be done using REST interface?

Thanks

Ajay

Justin Deoliveira-6 wrote:

Hi Ajay,

ajayr wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am looking for examples to allow me to change the datastore associated
> with a featuretype using REST API for geoserver
>
> One solution is to do a GET on an existing featuretype , extract the XML,
> modify the <store> tag and POST it back to the same layer
While this might work but it would not be considered good practice from
a REST perspective, because you are changing a resources location based
on its representation. ie you would do a PUT against the feature type,
but then it would move to another location....

A more RESTful (although less convenient) solution would be to:

1. Do a GET on the feature type, saving its representation
2. Do a DELETE on the feature type
3. Do a POST to the new datastore

-Justin
>
> Is there any other alternative and easier way to do this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ajay
>
>

--
Justin Deoliveira
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
Enterprise support for open source geospatial.

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