[OGo-Developer] Changing the folder creation paradigm

[Wolfgang Sourdeau]

> I suppose by "lowest positive integer" you mean that you want to use  =
a=20
> numeric primary key in the folder table?

Yes. But not specifically. I saw it as a way to generate a small unique =
id. But I just noticed I might as well use the globallyUniqueId method.

> Hm. Outlook actually treats those values as two separate entities  (fo=
lder=20
> name and PR_DISPLAY_NAME) and so does CalDAV/WebDAV etc.  Though the n=
ames=20
> are usually 1:1 the same (and things start to get  confusing when you =
rename=20
> a folder).

That's one other problem. At least when the relative URL is cryptic, the=
 user will not try to associate it semantically with the folder name.

> I see the biggest problem with external clients which create new =20
> collections. If you create a new calendar via CalDAV the client would =
 most=20
> likely issue a MKCALENDAR request with a readable URL name.  Actually =
the=20
> point is that the client will use whatever it likes  (most likely the =
name=20
> the user chooses for the calendar properly  encoded in UTF-8/URL encod=
ing).
> And IMHO it would be quite bad not to use the name requested by the  c=
lient=20
> (only leads to a sequence of other issues).

But we could assume those clients are generating URL-safe names, so it's=
 alright.

> Another minor annoyance is that browsing using Cadaver (and pretty  mu=
ch=20
> every other generic WebDAV agent) will be much harder, with just  the =
numeric=20
> index exposed.

As mentionned above, I can use globallyUniqueId instead. And the default=
 folder would be kept to the name "personal".

> IMHO you should maintain the folder displayname and the folders  relat=
ive URL=20
> as separate entities (I think we currently miss a  separate displaynam=
e which=20
> we should add to allow for arbitary crap  in the displayname - and in =
the=20
> same run we could add a folder  description [longer text associated wi=
th the=20
> folder aka  CALDAV:calendar-description]).

For the display name, there is the column "c_foldername", the id being a=
lready set in "c_path4".

> In any case you do not really get around implementing proper encoding/=
=20
> escaping if you want to allow external clients to create ABs/cals ...

I think this is already handled in DAV. The problems this change would s=
olve are mainly related to the web ui actually...

Thanks!

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