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     new 589c12d536 Fix BZ 69362 - Better multi-status response for deletes
589c12d536 is described below

commit 589c12d536574e6a67391a00122b5b5442a1c236
Author: Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Thu Oct 3 11:25:47 2024 +0100

    Fix BZ 69362 - Better multi-status response for deletes
---
 java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java | 16 +++++++++++++---
 webapps/docs/changelog.xml                           |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java 
b/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java
index e7383cb176..611a85c88c 100644
--- a/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java
+++ b/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java
@@ -1778,9 +1778,19 @@ public class WebdavServlet extends DefaultServlet 
implements PeriodicEventListen
                 }
 
                 if (!childResource.delete()) {
-                    if (!childResource.isDirectory()) {
-                        // If it's not a collection, then it's an unknown
-                        // error
+                    /*
+                     * See RFC 4918, section 9.6.1, last paragraph.
+                     *
+                     * If a child resource can't be deleted then the parent 
resource SHOULD NOT be included in the
+                     * multi-status response since the notice of the failure 
to delete the child implies that all
+                     * parent resources could also not be deleted.
+                     */
+                    if (!childResource.isDirectory() || 
resources.list(childName).length == 0) {
+                        /*
+                         * The resource could not be deleted. If the resource 
is not a directory or if the resource is a
+                         * directory and it has no children (or all those 
children have been successfully deleted) then
+                         * it should be listed in the multi-status response.
+                         */
                         errorList.put(childName, 
Integer.valueOf(WebdavStatus.SC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED));
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
index bd0cb5127d..a71809810a 100644
--- a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
+++ b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@
         Add log warning if non wildcard mappings are used with the
         <code>WebdavServlet</code>. (remm)
       </fix>
+      <fix>
+        <bug>69362</bug>: Provide a better multi-status response when deleting 
a
+        collection via WebDAV fails. Empty directories that cannot be deleted
+        will now be included in the response. (markt)
+      </fix>
     </changelog>
   </subsection>
   <subsection name="Coyote">


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