PutFactory Overview

The PutFactory Product is a ZMI configurable replacement for the PUT_factory External Method way of custom WebDav object creation via HTTP PUT. PutFactory allows users to control the type of object which is created when files are uploaded through a WebDav client (cadaver, MS Web Folders, WebDrive, etc.).

PutFactory allows limited pattern matching on Content Type (Mime Type) and Filename. Wildcard syntax may be used at the beginning and/or end of a pattern. Pattern matching does not allow regular expression matching.

PutFactory can only be used to create a limited number of types of objects. These are configured by the system administrator. If you would like others added to the list, please contact the system administrator.

Creating a Put Factory

To use PutFactory, create a new Put Factory object from the Select type to add... menu in the ZMI.

Configuring the Put Factory

From the ZMI, click on the object with the id PUT_factory. A list of configured patterns will be listed out. At the bottom is an area to add new patterns.

To add a new pattern, enter a pattern, select the type of matching to be performed and select the type of object to be created.

Example patterns are:

    *.gif
    text/plain
    text/*
    image/*
    *something*