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[Chris Hyzer <>]

Yeah, that is the way it was implemented, I updated the docs.  I can see how 
what you expect is better, though the way it is implemented there is no way 
in the underlying logic to differentiate between a blank description sent in, 
and no description sent in... 

Chris

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 On Behalf Of Scott Koranda
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 8:53 AM
To: grouper-users
Subject: [grouper-users] Group Save Lite WS with update sets description to 
empty string

Hi,

I am using Grouper WS from Grouper 2.1.2.

I sent this JSON in via a POST

{
   "WsRestGroupSaveLiteRequest":{
      "actAsSubjectId":"GrouperSystem",
      "saveMode":"UPDATE",
      "groupName":"Reference:COmanageDataSource:LIGO 
Laboratory:AdLIGOProject2",
   }
}

to the URL

https://127.0.0.1/grouper-system/servicesRest/v2_1_000/groups/Reference%3ACOmanageDataSource%3ALIGO+Laboratory%3AAdLIGOProject

and the name of the group changed from 'AdLIGOProject' to 'AdLIGOProject2' as 
I expected.

The description for the group, however, which had previsouly
been set was unset or set to an empty string. I did not expect
that.

Is the defined behavior that when not specified in the input
JSON the description is set to a null or empty string?

Thanks,

Scott