# delete action. this takes a payload in API 0.6, so we need to do
# most of the same checks that are done for the modify.
with_model do |model, xml|
- new = model.from_xml_node(xml, false)
- check(model, xml, new)
+ # delete doesn't have to contain a full payload, according to
+ # the wiki docs, so we just extract the things we need.
+ new_id = xml['id'].to_i
+ raise API::APIBadXMLError.new(model, xml, "ID attribute is required") if new_id.nil?
# if the ID is a placeholder then map it to the real ID
model_sym = model.to_s.downcase.to_sym
- is_placeholder = ids[model_sym].include? new.id
- id = is_placeholder ? ids[model_sym][new.id] : new.id
+ is_placeholder = ids[model_sym].include? new_id
+ id = is_placeholder ? ids[model_sym][new_id] : new_id
+ # build the "new" element by modifying the existing one
+ new = model.find(id)
+ new.changeset_id = xml['changeset'].to_i
+ new.version = xml['version'].to_i
+ check(model, xml, new)
+
+ # fetch the matching old element from the DB
old = model.find(id)
# can a delete have placeholders under any circumstances?
xml_result = XML::Node.new model.to_s.downcase
# oh, the irony... the "new" element actually contains the "old" ID
# a better name would have been client/server, but anyway...
- xml_result["old_id"] = new.id.to_s
+ xml_result["old_id"] = new_id.to_s
result.root << xml_result
end