DELETEing an already deleted asset responds with old asset value; expected MTConnectError

[mnoomnoo]

Issue 445

[wsobel]

I don't think this is the correct behavior. If you're requesting an asset by id, you should be able to get it. We should discuss.

[robot-ranger]

when requesting an asset by asset id, how do we tell if that asset id had been previously deleted or not?

[robot-ranger]

oh, i see removed="true" in the asset xml element. the issue is removed=true gets included in the response to both the first DELETE REST call, and any subsequent DELETE calls with the same asset id. (until the buffer cycles; obviously)

so it doesnt seem like there is a way to distinguish if the asset was deleted now because of my most recent DELETE or some previous action some time ago

[wsobel]

The Asset block has a removed property: https://model.mtconnect.org/#Diagrams___19_0_3_91b028d_1579531819046_475681_8369

In XML it will have something like

<CuttingTool removed="true" ....>
</CuttingTool>

[robot-ranger]

@mnoomnoo and i worked on this together but it can be closed. we had taken a more literal interpretation of REST delete function but if that is not MTConnect ccpagent-canon then lets just close this.