[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1541: Add ?t=xml parameter for getting file statistics

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#1541: Add ?t=xml parameter for getting file statistics
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 Reporter:  bibilthaysose       |          Owner:  bibilthaysose
     Type:  enhancement         |         Status:  new
 Priority:  major               |      Milestone:  eventually
Component:  unknown             |        Version:  1.9.0a1
 Keywords:  xml file statistic  |  Launchpad Bug:
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 The best way to programmatically retrieve file statistics is currently
 with GET /uri/$PATH?t=json.  However, xml has some advantages (such as
 xpath, xsl, xsv) over json.

 The general consensus seems to be that converting generically between json
 and xml is problematic because of things like attributes, cdata and
 textual elements.  However, I believe that these difficulties are only
 encountered when translating richly written xml (that makes use of the
 aforementioned artifacts) to json.  It seems like going from json to xml
 should not carry such difficulties.

 There is a library of xsl functions called fxsl which contains a function
 called f:json_document().  This would require the libxslt (and libxml2)
 module if it were to be used on the server side.

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