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<h1 class="page">Apache Isis v2 Profile (Simplified Representation)</h1>
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<p>The representations defined by the RO spec are very rich and enable complex client-side applications to be built.
However, their sophistication can be an impediment to their use if one wishes to write a simple app using third-party components that expect to consume much simpler representations.</p>
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<p>Apache Isis also provides support for its own simplified representation for the most commonly-used representations.
This is implemented using the <a href="../../../refguide/2.0.0-M5/viewer/index/restfulobjects/rendering/service/conneg/ContentNegotiationService.html" class="page">ContentNegotiationService</a> described in the
<a href="../content-negotiation.html" class="page">architecture</a> chapter.</p>
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<h2 id="accept-header"><a class="anchor" href="#accept-header"></a>Accept Header</h2>
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<p>The RO spec uses the standard <code>Accept</code> header for content negotiation, and defines its own "profile" for the standard representations; these take the form:</p>
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<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>Accept: application/json;profile="urn:org.restfulobjects:repr-types/xxx"</code></pre>
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<p>where "xxx" varies by resource.
The detail can be found in <a href="https://www.restfulobjects.org/spec/1.0/section-a/chapter-02.html#_2-4-1-representationtype-profile-parameter">section 2.4.1</a> of the RO spec.</p>
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<p>The "Isis" profile allows the client to request simplified representations for the most frequently accessed resources.
This is done by specifying an <code>Accept</code> header of:</p>
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<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>Accept: application/json;profile="urn:org.apache.isis/v2"</code></pre>
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<p>Not every resource supports this header, but the most commonly accessed ones do.
In each case the server will set the
<code>Content-Type</code> header so that the client knows how to process the representation.</p>
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<p>The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMSqapQDY_4">screencast</a> demonstrates the feature.</p>
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<p>The sections below explain in a little more detail what is returned when this profile is activated.</p>
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<h2 id="domain-object"><a class="anchor" href="#domain-object"></a>Domain Object</h2>
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<p>If a domain object resource (<a href="https://www.restfulobjects.org/spec/1.0/section-c/chapter-14.html">section 14</a>) is accessed with the Apache Isis profile, the resultant representation is a JSON object with simple key/value pairs for each property.</p>
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<p>The contents of any collections are also eagerly returned, consisting of an array of elements of each referenced object.
Each such element contains key/value pairs of each property (in other words, a grid of data is returned).
Each element also has a special <code>$$href</code> property (so that the client can easily navigate to a resource for that object) and a <code>$$title</code> property (to use as a label, eg the hyperlink text).</p>
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<p>In addition, the representation defined by the RO spec is also included, under a special <code>$$ro</code> property.</p>
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<p>For example, in a todo app, accessing this resource:</p>
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<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>http://localhost:8080/restful/objects/TODO/45</code></pre>
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<p>with an <code>Accept</code> request header of:</p>
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<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>Accept: application/json;profile="urn:org.apache.isis/v2"</code></pre>
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<p>returns the following representation:</p>
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<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>{
"$$href" : "http://localhost:8080/restful/objects/TODO/45", <i class="conum" data-value="1"></i><b>(1)</b>
"$$instanceId" : "45", <i class="conum" data-value="2"></i><b>(2)</b>
"$$title" : "Buy bread due by 2015-12-04", <i class="conum" data-value="3"></i><b>(3)</b>
"description" : "Buy bread", <i class="conum" data-value="4"></i><b>(4)</b>
"category" : "Domestic",
"subcategory" : "Shopping",
"complete" : false,
"atPath" : "/users/sven",
...
"similarTo" : [ { <i class="conum" data-value="5"></i><b>(5)</b>
"$$href" : "http://localhost:8080/restful/objects/TODO/46",
"$$instanceId" : "46",
"$$title" : "Buy milk due by 2015-12-04",
"description" : "Buy milk",
"category" : "Domestic",
...
}, {
"$$href" : "http://localhost:8080/restful/objects/TODO/47",
"$$instanceId" : "47",
"$$title" : "Buy stamps due by 2015-12-04",
"description" : "Buy stamps",
"category" : "Domestic",
...
},
...
} ],
"dependencies" : [ ],
"$$ro" : { <i class="conum" data-value="6"></i><b>(6)</b>
"links" : [ ... ],
"extensions" : { /* ... */ },
"title" : "Buy bread due by 2015-12-04",
"domainType" : "TODO",
"instanceId" : "45",
"members" : { /* ... */ }
}
}</code></pre>
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<td><i class="conum" data-value="1"></i><b>1</b></td>
<td>hyperlink to the representation</td>
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<td><i class="conum" data-value="2"></i><b>2</b></td>
<td>instance id of the domain object (unique within its type)</td>
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<td><i class="conum" data-value="3"></i><b>3</b></td>
<td>title of the domain object</td>
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<td><i class="conum" data-value="4"></i><b>4</b></td>
<td>all the properties of the domain object (to which the caller has access), as key/value pairs</td>
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<td><i class="conum" data-value="5"></i><b>5</b></td>
<td>contents of each collection</td>
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<td><i class="conum" data-value="6"></i><b>6</b></td>
<td>special <code>$$ro</code> json-prop, being the normal RO Spec representation for this object</td>
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<p>with a <code>Content-Type</code> header:</p>
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<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>Content-Type: application/json;
profile="urn:org.apache.isis/v2";repr-type="object"</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="object-collection"><a class="anchor" href="#object-collection"></a>Domain Object Collection</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If a domain object collection (<a href="https://www.restfulobjects.org/spec/1.0/section-c/chapter-17.html">section 17</a>) is accessed with this profile, then the resultant representation is as an array of elements of key/value for each referenced object, and again each element the containing the key/value pairs of the properties of that object (a grid, again).</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>In addition, the representation defined by the RO spec is also included, as a special object with a single <code>$$ro</code>
property.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>For example, in a todo app, accessing this resource:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>http://localhost:8080/restful/objects/TODO/45/collections/similarTo</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>with an <code>Accept</code> request header of:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>Accept: application/json;profile="urn:org.apache.isis/v2"</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>returns the following representation:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>[ <i class="conum" data-value="1"></i><b>(1)</b>
{
"$$href" : "http://localhost:8080/restful/objects/TODO/46", <i class="conum" data-value="2"></i><b>(2)</b>
"$$instanceId" : "46", <i class="conum" data-value="3"></i><b>(3)</b>
"$$title" : "Buy milk due by 2015-12-04", <i class="conum" data-value="4"></i><b>(4)</b>
"description" : "Buy milk", <i class="conum" data-value="5"></i><b>(5)</b>
"category" : "Domestic",
...
}, {
"$$href" : "http://localhost:8080/restful/objects/TODO/47",
"$$title" : "Buy stamps due by 2015-12-04",
"description" : "Buy stamps",
"category" : "Domestic",
...
}, {
"$$href" : "http://localhost:8080/restful/objects/TODO/48",
"$$title" : "Mow lawn due by 2015-12-10",
"description" : "Mow lawn",
"category" : "Domestic",
...
},
...
, {
"$$ro" : { <i class="conum" data-value="6"></i><b>(6)</b>
"id" : "similarTo",
"memberType" : "collection",
"links" : [ ... ],
"extensions" : { /* ... */ },
"value" : [ ... ]
}
}
]</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="colist arabic">
<table>
<tr>
<td><i class="conum" data-value="1"></i><b>1</b></td>
<td>returns a JSON array, not a JSON object</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><i class="conum" data-value="2"></i><b>2</b></td>
<td>hyperlink to the representation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><i class="conum" data-value="3"></i><b>3</b></td>
<td>instance id of the domain object (unique within its type)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><i class="conum" data-value="4"></i><b>4</b></td>
<td>title of the domain object</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><i class="conum" data-value="5"></i><b>5</b></td>
<td>all the properties of the domain object (to which the caller has access), as key/value pairs</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><i class="conum" data-value="6"></i><b>6</b></td>
<td>last element is a special object with a single <code>$$ro</code> json-prop, being the normal RO Spec representation for this object</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>with a <code>Content-Type</code> header:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>Content-Type: application/json;profile="urn:org.apache.isis/v2";repr-type="object-collection"</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="action-invocation"><a class="anchor" href="#action-invocation"></a>Action Invocation</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p>When an action is invoked (<a href="https://www.restfulobjects.org/spec/1.0/section-c/chapter-19.html">section 19</a>) it can return a domain object, a list, a scalar, or return nothing.</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="returning-an-object"><a class="anchor" href="#returning-an-object"></a>Returning an Object</h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If the action returned an object, then the <a href="#vro:ROOT:simplified-representations.adoc#domain-object" class="page unresolved">domain object representation</a> is returned.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>For example, in a todo app, accessing this resource:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>http://localhost:8080/restful/objects/TODO/45/actions/updateCost/invoke</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>with an <code>Accept</code> request header of:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>Accept: application/json;profile="urn:org.apache.isis/v2"</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>returns the following representation:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>{
"$$href" : "http://localhost:8080/restful/objects/TODO/45",
"$$instanceId" : "45",
"$$title" : "Buy bread due by 2015-12-04",
"description" : "Buy bread",
"category" : "Domestic",
"subcategory" : "Shopping",
"complete" : false,
...
"similarTo" : [ ... ]
...
"$$ro" : { /* ... */ }
}</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>with a <code>Content-Type</code> of:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>Content-Type: application/json;profile="urn:org.apache.isis/v2";repr-type="object"</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>... in other words no different to a representation obtained of the returned domain object directly.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="returning-a-list"><a class="anchor" href="#returning-a-list"></a>Returning a List</h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>On the other hand if the action returned a list (a "standalone" collection, then an array representation is returned.
This is very similar to that returned by a <a href="#vro:ROOT:simplified-representations.adoc#object-collection" class="page unresolved">(parented) object collection</a>, though with a slightly different <code>Content-Type</code> to distinguish.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>For example, in a todo app, accessing this resource:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>http://localhost:8080/restful/services/ToDoItems/actions/notYetComplete/invoke</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>with an <code>Accept</code> request header of:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>Accept: application/json;profile="urn:org.apache.isis/v2"</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>returns the following representation:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>[ {
"$$href" : "http://localhost:8080/restful/objects/TODO/45",
"$$instanceId" : "45",
"$$title" : "Buy bread due by 2015-12-04",
"description" : "Buy bread",
"category" : "Domestic",
...
}, {
"$$href" : "http://localhost:8080/restful/objects/TODO/46",
"$$instanceId" : "46",
"$$title" : "Buy milk due by 2015-12-04",
"description" : "Buy milk",
"category" : "Domestic",
...
},
...
, {
"$$ro" : {
"links" : [ ... ]
"resulttype" : "list",
"result" : { /* ... */ }
"value" : [ ... ],
"links" : [ ... ],
"extensions" : { }
}
}
} ]</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>with a <code>Content-Type</code> header:</p>
</div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code>Content-Type: application/json;profile="urn:org.apache.isis/v2";repr-type="list"</code></pre>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="returning-scalarnothing"><a class="anchor" href="#returning-scalarnothing"></a>Returning Scalar/Nothing</h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Note that actions returning scalar values or nothing (which includes <code>void</code> actions) are not supported; for these the
regular RO spec representation will be returned.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="configuration-properties"><a class="anchor" href="#configuration-properties"></a>Global Config Props (Deprecated)</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If all that is required is a very simple representations (of objects), you can configure the Restful Objects viewer
to provide a simplified output, then this can be done with a number of (global) configuration properties.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>These configuration properties pre-date the support for the Apache Isis profile, and
are limited by the fact that they are global configuration settings, so cannot be influenced on a request-by-request
basis (as is the case with the <code>Accept</code> header used for the Apache Isis profile). They have therefore been
deprecated, and may be removed in the future.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Details can be found in <a href="../setup-and-configuration.html#deprecated" class="page">here</a>.</p>
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