[MOBY-dev] Registering a MOBY service

[Edward Kawas]

Hi Martin,

Just my thoughts on this, but because this is text content of an xml element,
should central really be escaping ampersands? My question, I guess, is should
this be the job of the client or the registry?

Thanks,

Eddie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: moby-dev-bounces at lists.open-bio.org 
> [mailto:moby-dev-bounces at lists.open-bio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Martin Senger
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:03 AM
> To: Core developer announcements
> Subject: Re: [MOBY-dev] Registering a MOBY service
> 
> Mark, Eddie,
>    I think there is a bug (also) in Central in XML escaping.
> 
>    Javier found that he was not able to register a service 
> with a URL containing ampersand. I replied:
> 
> it may be that the dashboard does not properly escape it in 
> the registration
> > request
> >
> 
> and, indeed, it is true. Today, I have fixed it in Dashboard 
> (actually in
> CentralImpl.java) but found that it seems to be a 
> double-error. Also the Central does not properly escape XML 
> characters.
> 
> This is my registration request:
> 
> <registerService><Category>moby</Category><serviceName>HelloBi
> omobyWorld_TMP_4</serviceName><serviceType>Testing</serviceTyp
> e><serviceLSID></serviceLSID><authURI>
> samples.jmoby.net</authURI><signatureURL></signatureURL><URL>
> http://mobycentral.icapture.ubc.ca:8090/axis/services/HelloBio
> mobyWorld?abc=def&amp;yes=no
> </URL><contactEmail>martin.senger at gmail.com</contactEmail><aut
horitativeService>1</authoritativeService><Description><![CDATA[Yes,
> you can unregister this service anytime...]]></Description><Input>
> <Simple articleName="Object">
> <objectType>Object</objectType>
> </Simple>
> </Input>
> <secondaryArticles>
> </secondaryArticles>
> <Output>
> </Output>
> </registerService>
> 
> (you may noticed that the URL has now a properly escaped 
> ampersand). The service was registered successfully - but 
> when I asked for it (findService) I got back this:
> 
> <Services>
>         <Service authURI='samples.jmoby.net'
> serviceName='HelloBiomobyWorld_TMP_4' lsid='urn:lsid:
> biomoby.org:serviceinstance:samples.jmoby.net
> ,HelloBiomobyWorld_TMP_4:2006-09-28T11-52-07Z'>
>         <serviceType lsid='urn:lsid:
> biomoby.org:servicetype:Testing:2006-02-25T12-49-15Z'>Testing<
> /serviceType>
>         <authoritative>1</authoritative>
>         <Category>moby</Category>
>         <Description><![CDATA[Yes, you can unregister this 
> service anytime...]]></Description>
>         <contactEmail>martin.senger at gmail.com</contactEmail>
>         <signatureURL></signatureURL>
>         <URL>
> http://mobycentral.icapture.ubc.ca:8090/axis/services/HelloBio
> mobyWorld?abc=def&yes=no
> </URL>
>         <Input>
>                 <Simple articleName='Object'>
>                         <objectType lsid='urn:lsid:
> biomoby.org:objectclass:Object:2001-09-21T16-00-00Z'>Object</o
> bjectType>
>                 </Simple>
>         </Input>
>         <Output>
>         </Output>
>         <secondaryArticles>
>                 </secondaryArticles>
>         </Service>
> 
> </Services>
> 
> (you may notice that here the URL has wrongly an un-escaped 
> ampersand).
> 
> Cheers,
> Martin
> 
> 
> --
> Martin Senger
>    email: martin.senger at gmail.com
>    skype: martinsenger
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