Namespaces

A namespace is a uniquely identifiable grouping of feature types. It is identified by a prefix and a URI.

/namespaces[.<format>]

Controls all namespaces.

• • Method
  • Action
  • Status code
  • Formats
  • Default Format
• • GET
  • List all namespaces
  • 200
  • HTML, XML, JSON
  • HTML
• • POST
  • Create a new namespace
  • 201 with Location header
  • XML, JSON
• • PUT
  • 405
• • DELETE
  • 405

/namespaces/<ns>[.<format>]

Controls a particular namespace.

• • Method
  • Action
  • Status code
  • Formats
  • Default Format
  • Parameters
• • GET
  • Return namespace ns
  • 200
  • HTML, XML, JSON
  • HTML
  • quietOnNotFound
• • POST
  • 405
• • PUT
  • 200
  • Modify namespace ns
  • XML, JSON
• • DELETE
  • 200
  • Delete namespace ns
  • XML, JSON

Exceptions

• • Exception
  • Status code
• • GET for a namespace that does not exist
  • 404
• • PUT that changes prefix of namespace
  • 403
• • DELETE against a namespace whose corresponding workspace is non-empty
  • 403

Parameters

quietOnNotFound

The quietOnNotFound parameter avoids to log an Exception when the Namespace is not present. Note that 404 status code will be returned anyway.

/namespaces/default[.<format>]

Controls the default namespace.

• • Method
  • Action
  • Status code
  • Formats
  • Default Format
• • GET
  • Return default namespace
  • 200
  • HTML, XML, JSON
  • HTML
• • POST
  • 405
• • PUT
  • 200
  • Set default namespace
  • XML, JSON
• • DELETE
  • 405