[OLINGO-1436] Delete Entity/NavigationProperty supported?

• Type: Question
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: (Java) V4 4.7.1
• Component/s: odata2-core
• External issue URL: https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.01/odata-v4.01-part1-protocol.html#sec_UpdateaCollectionofEntities
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Peter Lawrence
• Created: 16/Mar/20 09:00
• Updated: 16/Mar/20 09:00

Description

Submitting an HTTP DELETE entity/navigation property, for example Category('NWD~Category-1')/isCategoryOf is rejected with Error: HTTP method DELETE is not allowed.

However I think the OData standard suggests this should delete all member of the navigationProperty collection:

https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.01/odata-v4.01-part1-protocol.html#sec_UpdateaCollectionofEntities

Have I interpreted the standard correctly/