I am a Haskell newbie.
I am trying to write a small Webdav server using the Yesod Framework and modelled after the WebdavServlet
in the Apache Tomcat 7 source code. I have run into a problem returning an error from one of my functions.
My webdav service should return either XML or JSON, depending on the value of the Accept
header sent in by the caller. I defined a data type called RepXmlJson
:
import Yesod
data RepXmlJson = RepXmlJson RepXml RepJson
instance HasReps RepXmlJson where
chooseRep (RepXmlJson (RepXml xml) (RepJson json)) = chooseRep
[ (typeXml, xml)
, (typeJson, json)
]
I am using this data type as the return value of my services, specifically the lockWebdavR
function. I am trying to return a status 423 (locked) if a resource is currently locked. My code looks like this:
import qualified Data.ByteString as B
import qualified Data.Map as M
import qualified Data.Text as T
import qualified Network.Wai as W
mkYesodSub "Webdav" [] [parseRoutes|
/ WebdavR COPY DELETE LOCK MKCOL MOVE OPTIONS PROPFIND PROPPATCH PUT UNLOCK
|]
type WebdavHandler yesod = GHandler Webdav yesod
webdavLocked423 :: Status
webdavLocked423 = Status 423 "Locked"
isLockedRequest :: Yesod master => Request -> WebdavHandler master Bool
-- isLockedRequest definition omitted for brevity
lockWebdavR :: Yesod master => WebdavHandler master RepXmlJson
lockWebdavR = do
request <- getRequest
locked <- isLockedRequest request
if locked
then return $
W.responseLBS webdavLocked423 [("Content-Type", "text/plain")] ""
else return undefined
I am getting the following error:
Webdav.hs:94:10:
Couldn't match expected type `RepXmlJson'
with actual type `W.Response'
Expected type: GHandler Webdav master RepXmlJson
Actual type: GHandler Webdav master W.Response
In the expression:
return
$ W.responseLBS webdavLocked423 [("Content-Type", "text/plain")] ""
In a stmt of a 'do' block:
if locked then
return
$ W.responseLBS webdavLocked423 [("Content-Type", "text/plain")] ""
else
return undefined
I searched through the book "Developing Web Applications with Haskell and Yesod", but cannot find an example of returning an error of the proper type (Rep...
).
How do I create a RepXmlJson
with the correct error status?