The resource collection modification times weren't updated when an
individual resource was updated. By tracking back the path of a resource
and updating the modification times, all nodes in the path will get the
correct modification time.
As the REST API is a part of the core, it is more appropriate for the
tests to reside there as well. Further refactoring of the testing needs to
be done to allow multiple components to use the same framework but with
different tests.
The PATCH method should now be used instead the PUT method to update
resources. As PUT request bodies should represent complete resources, the
use of PUT to update resources is no longer supported.
Altered tests to use PATCH instead of PUT for updating resources.
The REST API now supports the If-Modified-Since, If-Unmodified-Since,
If-Match and If-None-Match headers and returns the correct response if the
conditional fails.
Added tests for the date parsing and expanded the HTTP header tests in the
REST API test suite.
The resource system now tracks both the time when a resource was last
modified and the revision number of the resource. This allows working
Last-Modified and ETag headers to be generated by the REST API.
The If-Modified-Since and If-None-Match request headers are not yet
processed and using them will always return the resource instead of a 304
Not Modified response.
