The negotiate element associates an Accept header MIME type to a
specific web script format of response. The mandatory value specifies the format while the
mandatory attribute, accept, specifies the MIME type. Content Negotiation is
enabled with the definition of at least on negotiate element. The
negotiate element can be specified zero or more times.
The negotiate element has the following attributes:
- accept
- Specifies the MIME type.
An example usage of the negotiate element follows:
<webscript kind="org.alfresco.httpsonly">
<shortname>Hello World</shortname>
<description>Greet a user</description>
<url>/sample/helloworld?to={name}</url>
<url>/sample/helloworld.xml?to={name}</url>
<format default="html">extension</format>
<lifecycle>sample</lifecycle>
<authentication runas="fred">user</authentication>
<transaction>required</transaction>
<family>Sample</family>
<cache>
<never>false</never>
<public>false</public>
<mustrevalidate/>
</cache>
<negotiate accept="text/html">html</negotiate>
<negotiate accept="text/xml">xml</negotiate>
</webscript>