Standard CRUD

[timmyt]

my buddy and i have created a Standard CRUD (SCRUD) spec that we'd
like to use across projects and frameworks

before we get totally dependent on the pattern, I want to make sure
there's not some better solution out there, or some ideas that will
improve the design

below is the spec we came up with:


SCRUD (Standard CRUD)
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Overview
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Standard CRUD is a design pattern for:

* displaying a single instance
* displaying a filterable list of instances

* displaying a form to create a new single instance
* actually creating a new single instance

* displaying a form to update a single instance
* actually updating a single instance

* displaying a form to delete a single instance
* actually deleting a single instance

* displaying a form to perform a bulk insert
* actually performing a bulk insert

* displaying a form to perform a bulk update
* actually performing a bulk update

* displaying a form to perform a bulk delete
* actually performing a bulk delete

The intention is that all methods supported by the model will have
a consistent Class Method Interface - for example any model that
supports bulk insert will have a standard class method to support this
functionality.

Important Considerations
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* SCRUD should work the same in an ajax context as well as in a
  traditional page submit
* SCRUD state changing methods should be easily testable using
selenium,
  twill or some other web testing tool in either an ajax or page
submit
  context

General Design
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A method performs one distinct action. For example the act of drawing
an update form is different than the act of actually updating an
object
instance.  This helps to enable testability and use in various
contexts.

Page Urls
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Method      URL            What it does
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GET    model/              gets a list of model instances, using
filters like ?key=value1&key=value2

GET    model/search        displays a search form

GET    model/id            displays a readonly instance

GET    model/edit/id       displays an edit form

POST   model/update/id     updates an instance and redirects

GET    model/create        displays an insert form

POST   model/insert        inserts a new record and redirects

POST   model/delete/id     deletes a record and redirects

GET    model/bulk/edit     display a bulk edit ui

POST   model/bulk/update   performs a bulk update and redirect

GET    model/bulk/create   display a bulk insert form

POST   model/bulk/insert   performs a bulk insert and redirect

POST   model/bulk/delete   performs a bulk delete and redirect
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