[gradebook2-dev] Requesting input on Gradebook2 SampleInstitutionalAdvisor.submitFinalGrade(...) API

[John Bush]

We have three implementations of InstitutionalAdvisor.  It looks like
the only thing we ever use the response for is setting error status.
I can't find any usage of request.  There was one case where we wanted
to write to the response to create a download, but ran into the same
issues others have spoke of.  In that case, our workaround was to
create the file in the my workspace and train folks to get it there,
not ideal but sufficient.

So I don't see any major problem with making this api change for us.

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Thomas Amsler <tpamsler at ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> Take 2 ...
>
> For those Institutions that are using the gradebook2 "Final Grade
> Submission" feature via the InstitutionalAdvisor, I would like to know
> how you are using the following API:
>
> Source:
> https://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib//gradebook2/trunk/api/src/java/org/sakaiproject/gradebook/gwt/sakai/InstitutionalAdvisor.java
>
> API Method:
> public void submitFinalGrade(List<Map<Column,String>> studentDataList,
> String gradebookUid, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
> response);
>
> In particular, I would like to know if anybody is using the
> HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse method arguments and if so,
> how you are using them? Also, would it be a problem if we would remove
> the HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse method arguments, and
> instead use the "normal" REST JSON way to send data back to the
> client. Maybe change the method signature to something like this:
>
> public FinalGradeSubmissionResult
> submitFinalGrade(List<Map<Column,String>> studentDataList, String
> gradebookUid);
>
> Comments?
>
> Best,
> -- Thomas



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