Search capabilities on ResourceController

[hilljh82]

The ResourceController supports queries on GET /resource path. This is good for simple queries, such as:

• Give me all the resources in the database
• Give me all the resources where the fields match (or equal) a certain set of values.

Requests on GET /resource path are not good for complex queries, such as:

• Give me the resources that are less than a specific value
• Give me the resources that fall within a certain date range

This is because it is not easy to express complex queries via a URL query string. We therefore need to provide a improved mechanism that allows the client to execute complex queries. We will call this capability search.

The search capability should have the following key features:

• It should allow the client to formulate complex queries.
• It should allow the client to save complex queries for later usage.

[hilljh82]

To implement this feature, we will use the SEARCH http verb.

[hilljh82]

This has been implemented. All resource controllere support POST /resource/search