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Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:43:26 -0700
From: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Default status for unimplemented methods
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Hmmm. definitely sounds like a bug. It should be 405.

- James

Jim Ancona wrote:
> Most of the unimplemented cases in AbstractProvider and 
> AbstractCollectionAdapter call ProviderHelper.notsupported(), which 
> returns an HTTP status of 415 - Media type not supported. So an HTTP PUT 
> or DELETE on a collection URI, or a POST to an Entry URI returns 415. It 
> seems to me that something like 405 Method not allowed would be clearer.
> 
> Thoughts? If there's consensus on this, I'll log a bug and submit a patch.
> 
> Jim
>