[orion-dev] Orion File Client - Getting file contents and metadata in a

[Brian W Svihovec <svihovec@xxxxxxxxxx>]

It looks like the Orion Server supports
requests for both file contents and metadata in a single request (http://wiki.eclipse.org/Orion/Server_API/File_API#Getting_file_metadata_and_contents),
but it does not look like the read function of the file client supports
this functionality (http://git.eclipse.org/c/orion/org.eclipse.orion.client.git/tree/bundles/org.eclipse.orion.client.ui/web/plugins/filePlugin/fileImpl.js).
 

I am wondering if there is a potential
race condition that can occur between a request for the file contents and
its metadata in the client.  For example, consider the following:

1) A user requests a file and the contents
are returned to the browser
2) Another user saves the file, updating
the contents and ETtag value
3) The updated ETag value is returned
to the user in #1
4) When the user in #1 saves the file,
they have a valid ETag, but their original file contents no longer match
the version that was used to generate the ETag

Is there an API in the file client that
can return both the file contents and metadata in a single request, or
is it not possible for this race condition to occur?

Thanks,
Brian