uri-templates 0.4 javascript implementation feedback

Hi all,

Finally got round at this javascript implementation of
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gregorio-uritemplate-04

(minus the partial syntax and some more testing)


Anyway, it is open at:
https://github.com/marc-portier/uri-templates

It wraps inside JQuery and comes with tests up in QUnit.
(JQuery dependency currently limited to the handy $.extend and $.isFunction)


Must say getting my head around things asked more time then I initially 
expected: clarity and elegance of the syntax and explanation did hide 
quite some more special cases then I would of have thought of.

One case I still haven't ironed out, to the extend I'm liking my 
solution more :) is this:

> tested pattern: {;list}
> Expected: ";val1,val2,val3"
> Result:	  ";list=val1,val2,val3"
>
> tested pattern: {;keys}
> Expected: ";key1,val1,key2,val2"
> Result:	  ";keys=key1,val1,key2,val2"
>

which in my mind (and implementation) follows more closely the line of 
thinking in:

>
> tested pattern: {?list}
> Expected: "?list=val1,val2,val3"
>
> tested pattern: {?keys}
> Expected: "?keys=key1,val1,key2,val2"
>

the consistency I see is this: both ; and ? operators deal with named 
parameters, in unexploded form the values are wrapped up in one string, 
but still expect value.


best regards,

-marc=
PS: The link to the promised js implementation from 
http://code.google.com/p/uri-templates/wiki/Implementations points to 
some reserved space at www.snellspace.com  (I remember grabbing a 0.3 
implmentation from James' blog way back, that is somewhat maintained 
over here: )

Received on Thursday, 28 April 2011 19:30:19 UTC