[web/test] drop two undocumented suspicious regression test Those two test are not documented and use the API in the wrong way. They do not raise exception by chance. the current request signature is:: def request(self, rollbackfirst=False, url=None, headers={}, **kwargs): So the RQL have nothing to do here.

[webrequest] introduce an alternative implementation using the repoapi DBAPI specific parts of ``CubicWebRequestBase`` are extracted in a ``DBAPICubicWebRequestBase`` decicated class and a new ``ConnectionCubicWebRequestBase`` is introduced that provide the same services but using a repoapi.ClientConnection as data source. For now the ``DBAPICubicWebRequestBase`` is still used by default.

[repoapi] add an anonymous_cnx function This function return an anonymous ClientConnection. It aims to replace ``dbapi.anonymous_session``.

[repoapi] add a connect function This function takes a repo and authentication information to open a new Session and return a ClientConnection associated to it.

[client-connection] add an auto-close property for ClientConnection The next commit introduce a connect function that open a new Session and return an associated ClientConnection. The Session should not be used by anything else than the created ClientConnection, so we want to close it at the same time than the ClientConnection. The implementation in this changeset is simplistic. We probably want to move this notion in the session itself. This be improved once we have server side Connection

[cwuser] make CWUser callable, returning self for dbapi compatibility In the dbapi, Connection and Session have a ``user`` method to generated a user for a request In the repo api, Connection and Session have a user attribute inherited from SessionRequestBase prototype. This ugly hack allows to not break user of the user method. To ease transition from dbapi to repoapi we need the ClientConnection to be as compatible as possible with the dbapi. Adding this method goes in this direction. It'll get deprecated in the deprecation wave that will conclude the repoapi refactoring. related to #2503918

[client-connect] drop rqlst on rset returned client side The DBAPI used to drop the RQL syntax tree on rset to save bandwidth. We could stop doing it for In-memory client connection. However keeping the syntax tree leads to multiple tests failures. So we keep dropping it as the DBAPI always did. related to #2503918

[client-connection] add a repo property for dbapi compatibility To ease transition from dbapi to repoapi we need the ClientConnection to be as compatible as possible with the dbapi. Adding this method goes in this direction. It'll get deprecated in the deprecation wave that will conclude the repoapi refactoring. related to #2503918

[client-connection] add a connection property for dbapi compatibility To ease transition from dbapi to repoapi we need the ClientConnection to be as compatible as possible with the dbapi. Adding this method goes in this direction. It'll get deprecated in the deprecation wave that will conclude the repoapi refactoring. related to #2503918

[client-connection] add a sessionid property for dbapi compatibility To ease transition from dbapi to repoapi we need the ClientConnection to be as compatible as possible with the dbapi. Adding this method goes in this direction. It'll get deprecated in the deprecation wave that will conclude the repoapi refactoring. related to #2503918

[client-connection] add a cursor() method for dbapi compatibility To ease transition from dbapi to repoapi we need the ClientConnection to be as compatible as possible with the dbapi. Adding this method goes in this direction. It'll get deprecated in the deprecation wave that will conclude the repoapi refactoring. related to #2503918

[client-connection] add a request() method for dbapi compatibility To ease transition from dbapi to repoapi we need the ClientConnection to be as compatible as possible with the dbapi. Adding this method goes in this direction. It'll get deprecated in the deprecation wave that will conclude the repoapi refactoring. related to #2503918

[repoapi] introduce a basic ClientConnection class This is the new official way to access the repo from client side. It still access Session object directly as the server side connection is not up yet (and it's not up because it would have no user). Multiple follow up commit will install compatibility with the DBAPI. This will ease the migration from dbapi to repoapi. ClientConnection has no user yet but later commit will use it in the whole Web stack. related to #2503918

[req] add a _set_user method RequestSessionBase usally need to recreate a new CWuser appobject linked to themself. We add it to the base class to avoid multiple redifinition.

[server/session] add a login property session.login is a DBAPISession attribute. Having it on server side session will helps the rework of the API to access repository. The new schema drop the concept of DBAPISession and use server side session for the same purpose. related to #2503918

[server/session] allow access to session id using sessionid session.sessionid is a DBAPISession attribute. Having it on server side session will helps the rework of the API to access repository. The new schema drop the concept of DBAPISession and use server side session for the same purpose. related to #2503918

[server/session] Implement anonymous_session Now we have a simple rule to compute if a session is anonymous we can implement the property for server session too. Having it on server side session will helps the rework of the API to access repository. The new schema drop the concept of DBAPISession and use server side session for the same purpose. Related to #2953943 Related to #2503918

[server/session] do not clear session.cnx if unrelated to cnx actually cleared The cnx parameter may be different from the one actually loaded for the current thread. This will be possible in future commit when you close a client connection for example.

[dbapi] move ProgrammingError into cubicweb module A new ``repoapi`` will be introduced as a replacement for the dbapi. It will need ProgrammingError too. Related to #2503918

[repoapi] move get_repository function into a new repoapi module This new module aims to host the function of the new API replacing the old DBAPI. `get_repository` is still needed hence moved to the new module. Related to #2503918

[testlib] gather all repository access logic in one place Refactoring of the repository access API in test is imminent. We plan to move from the "old" dbapi to the new repoapi. Gathering all impacted method in one place help to understand how all those method interact and help readability for both patch and resulting code. No code change is done at all in this changeset. The refactoring will code later.

[testlib] move repo and related attribute back on Instance instead of Class The repo and cnx was hold by the TestCase class to work as a cache and avoid recreation of the repo from scratch of each test. However since bad26a22fe29 the caching is done by the DatabaseHandler object and it is not necessary have a second layer of cache on the TestCase itself. We move the repo and cnx attribute back on the TestCase instance itself and make several class methods instance methods again. This will helps to change dbapi access in test from dbapi to repoapi. related to #2503918

[dbapi] makes anonymous_connection a computed property The current implementation is a boolean flag set manually by client code after connection creation. This led to different way to decide a anonymous_connection should be True (eg. different in the test than in the actual application code). It should not be client responsibility to set this flag. ``cnx.anonymous_connection`` is now a purely computed property. Connection with user in the "guests" group are anonymous, the other ain't. ``Session.anonymous_session`` is computed from ``cnx.anonymous_connection`` and get the updated behavior transparently. Closes #2953943

[webrequest] simplify set_session code Thanks to the previous changeset we are assured that session handed to set_session is full featured one. This allows a simpler code for this method. related to #2503918

[webrequest] set DBAPISession without cnx at initialisation time Such session are necessary for minimal use of a Request. Setting on by default allow simplification later linking with a full featured DBAPISession or equivalent. This was not possible before as all session was tracked by session manager. They are not tracked anymore since aa709bc6b6c1 and we can safely create them by default. related to #2503918

[testlib] rework request building in init_authentication The previous code was building a full authenticated request and tried to undo the authentication afterward. The new code just create a bare Request with no authenticated session linked yet. This is much closer of what the actual authentication process does.

[request] drop the user argument for set_session I see no code nor test that use this optional argument. removing it help to clean the session code. The set_session function will soon be deprecated anyway (at the same time than the dbapi) related to #2503918

[web-request] handle default language earlier We now read language negotiation header at initialisation time (previously done during ``set_session``). This simplify the set_session code for later reworking. There is no change in behavior, the user selected language continue to overwrite the one picked from the header/default when applicable. related to #2503918

[etwist] pass the repository to the root resource This is another step toward a cleaner instantiation scheme for the repo. The http test now pass an already created object to the etwist server instead of relying on the config cache. Related to #2249513

[repo] move repo.gc_stats to Service API (closes #2951068) We currently have a method on the repo that anyone can call. `call_service` gives a similar thing, modulo: * can be restricted access to manager only (thanks to selection on services), * less unrelated code on the repository class, * no need to fetch a reference to a repo object from the client side * (`req._cnx.repo` is not an API and config.repository() is on its way out). The old way to access this information (repo.gc_stats()) is deprecated.