Multiple AppManifests instead of a single combined?

[montlebalm]

I think it could be simpler if we changed the spec so that multiple AppManifests would be returned from a response instead of a single combined one.

Here's what we have today when requesting 2 apps:

{
    "inlineScripts": [],
    "scripts": ["one.js", "two.js"],
    "styles": ["one.css", "two.css"],
    "apps": [{ 
        "html": "...", "data": { "one": true } 
    }, { 
        "html": "...", "data": { "one": true } 
    }]
}

Here's what I'm proposing:

[{
    "inlineScripts": [],
    "scripts": ["one.js"],
    "styles": ["one.css"],
    "html": "<div></div>",
    "data": { "one": true }
}, {
    "inlineScripts": [],
    "scripts": ["two.js"],
    "styles": ["two.css"],
    "html": "<div></div>",
    "data": { "two": true }
}]

I think it would help with a few things:

1. Easier response caching: currently it's very difficult for a container to cache a single app if it was with any others.
2. Simpler backend: it's easier for someone to generate an F2 response on the server per app rather than combining portions into a single object. This will come into play even more if #160 is implemented.
3. Easier to attribute errors to apps: currently we don't have a good way to exclude the scripts/styles of an app that failed during the request.

[brianbaker]

:+1:

[markhealey]

Ditto. Let's implement this.

[ilinkuo]

Good idea. I'd like to point out, however, that the the specs only document the batch request, not the batch response. That will have to be added.

[markhealey]

Agreed, and thanks.

-Mark

-----Original Message----- From: I-Lin Kuo [notifications@github.commailto:notifications@github.com] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 08:24 AM Central Standard Time To: OpenF2/F2 Cc: Mark Healey Subject: Re: [F2] Multiple AppManifests instead of a single combined? (#161)

Good idea. I'd like to point out, however, that the the specs only document the batch request, not the batch response. That will have to be added.

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