partially fix issue #8 and #7.

src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTLayer.java

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class RESTLayer {
      * }</CODE>
      */
     public String getResourceUrl() {
-		Element resource = layerElem.getChild("resource");
+	Element resource = layerElem.getChild("resource");
         Element atom = resource.getChild("link", Namespace.getNamespace("atom", "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"));
         return atom.getAttributeValue("href");
     }

src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/encoder/GSLayerEncoder.java

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 package it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder;
 
+import org.jdom.Element;
+
 import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.utils.PropertyXMLEncoder;
 
 /**
@@ -42,6 +44,9 @@ public class GSLayerEncoder extends PropertyXMLEncoder {
         addEnabled();
     }
     
+    /**
+     * enabled the layer
+     */
     protected void addEnabled(){
         add("enabled","true");
     }
@@ -56,17 +61,71 @@ public class GSLayerEncoder extends PropertyXMLEncoder {
     		set("enabled","false");
     }
     
+//    /**
+//     * @param name the name of the layer
+//     */
+//    protected void addName(final String name){
+//        add("name",name);
+//    }
+//    
+//    /**
+//     * @return name the name of the layer or null
+//     */
+//    public String getName() {
+//        final Element nameNode = get("name");
+//        if (nameNode != null)
+//                return nameNode.getText();
+//        else
+//                return null;
+//    }
+//    
+//    /**
+//     * @param name the name of the layer
+//     * @throws IllegalArgumentException 
+//     */
+//    public void setName(final String name) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+//        if (name==null || name.isEmpty())
+//            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to set an empty or null parameter"); 
+//        set("name",name);
+//    }
+    
     /**
+     * @see {@link GSLayerEncoder#setWmsPath(String)}
      * 
-     * @param defaultStyle
+     * @param path the wms path to set
-     * @deprecated will be set to protected in the next release, please use setDefaultStyle
-     * 
      */
-    public void addDefaultStyle(String defaultStyle) {
+    protected void addWmsPath(final String path) {
+        add("path", path);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Default WMS Path The GeoServer WMS path is, by default, /geoserver/wms.
+     * However you can change it to /geoserver/anythingyouwant
+     * 
+     * @param path the wms path to set
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if path is null or empty
+     */
+    public void setWmsPath(final String path) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        if (path==null || path.isEmpty())
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to set an empty or null parameter"); 
+        set("path",path);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see {@link GSLayerEncoder#setDefaultStyle(String)}
+     * @param defaultStyle 
+     */
+    protected void addDefaultStyle(String defaultStyle) {
         add("defaultStyle", defaultStyle);
     }
 
-    public void setDefaultStyle(String defaultStyle) {
+    /**
+     * @param defaultStyle The style that will be applied if no style is specified.
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if defaultStyle is null or empty
+     */
+    public void setDefaultStyle(final String defaultStyle) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        if (defaultStyle==null || defaultStyle.isEmpty())
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to set an empty or null parameter");
         set("defaultStyle", defaultStyle);
     }
 }

src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/ConfigTest.java

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ package it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest;
 
 
 import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.decoder.RESTCoverageStore;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.GSLayerEncoder;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.GSResourceEncoder.ProjectionPolicy;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.coverage.GSCoverageEncoder;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -90,19 +93,18 @@ public class ConfigTest extends GeoserverRESTTest {
         String layerName = "resttestdem";
 
         File geotiff = new ClassPathResource("testdata/resttestdem.tif").getFile();
-        RESTCoverageStore pc = publisher.publishExternalGeoTIFF(DEFAULT_WS, storeName, geotiff, null, null);
+        boolean pc = publisher.publishExternalGeoTIFF(DEFAULT_WS, storeName, geotiff, layerName,"EPSG:4326",ProjectionPolicy.FORCE_DECLARED,"raster");
         
-        assertNotNull(pc);
+        assertTrue(pc);
     }
 
     public void insertExternalShape() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
 
         File zipFile = new ClassPathResource("testdata/resttestshp.zip").getFile();
 
-        boolean published = publisher.publishShp(DEFAULT_WS, "anyname", "cities", zipFile, "EPSG:4326", "default_point");
+        boolean published = publisher.publishShp(DEFAULT_WS, "anyname", "cities", zipFile, "EPSG:41001", "default_point");
         assertTrue("publish() failed", published);
 
-
         //test delete
         boolean ok = publisher.unpublishFeatureType(DEFAULT_WS, "anyname", "cities");
         assertTrue("Unpublish() failed", ok);

src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/publisher/GeoserverRESTGeoTiffTest.java

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ package it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.publisher;
 
 import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.GeoserverRESTTest;
 import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.decoder.RESTCoverageStore;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.GSLayerEncoder;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.GSResourceEncoder.ProjectionPolicy;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.coverage.GSCoverageEncoder;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -66,14 +69,14 @@ public class GeoserverRESTGeoTiffTest extends GeoserverRESTTest {
         assertFalse("Cleanup failed", existsLayer(layerName));
 
         // test insert
-        RESTCoverageStore pc = publisher.publishExternalGeoTIFF(DEFAULT_WS, storeName, geotiff, null, null);
+        boolean pc = publisher.publishExternalGeoTIFF(DEFAULT_WS, storeName, geotiff, layerName,"EPSG:4326",ProjectionPolicy.FORCE_DECLARED,"raster");
-        assertNotNull("publish() failed", pc);
+        assertTrue("publish() failed", pc);
         assertTrue(existsLayer(layerName));
         LOGGER.info(pc);
         RESTCoverageStore reloadedCS = reader.getCoverageStore(DEFAULT_WS, storeName);
 
-        assertEquals(pc.getName(), reloadedCS.getName());
+        assertEquals(storeName, reloadedCS.getName());
-        assertEquals(pc.getWorkspaceName(), reloadedCS.getWorkspaceName());
+        assertEquals(DEFAULT_WS, reloadedCS.getWorkspaceName());
 
         //test delete
         assertTrue("Unpublish() failed", publisher.unpublishCoverage(DEFAULT_WS, storeName, layerName));

src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/publisher/GeoserverRESTImageMosaicTest.java

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public class GeoserverRESTImageMosaicTest extends GeoserverRESTTest {
         try {
         	final File mosaicFile = new ClassPathResource("testdata/time_geotiff/").getFile();
         	
-        	if (!publisher.createExternalMosaic(wsName,coverageStoreName,mosaicFile,coverageEncoder,layerEncoder)){
+        	if (!publisher.publishExternalMosaic(wsName,coverageStoreName,mosaicFile,coverageEncoder,layerEncoder)){
         		fail();
         	}
     		coverageStore = reader.getCoverageStore(wsName,coverageStoreName);

src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/publisher/GeoserverRESTWorkspaceTest.java

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ package it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.publisher;
 
 import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.GeoserverRESTTest;
 import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.decoder.RESTCoverageStore;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.GSLayerEncoder;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.GSResourceEncoder.ProjectionPolicy;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.coverage.GSCoverageEncoder;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ public class GeoserverRESTWorkspaceTest extends GeoserverRESTTest {
         assertFalse("Cleanup failed", existsLayer(layerName));
 
         // test insert
-        RESTCoverageStore pc = publisher.publishExternalGeoTIFF(DEFAULT_WS, storeName, geotiff, null, null);
+        boolean pc = publisher.publishExternalGeoTIFF(DEFAULT_WS, storeName, geotiff, layerName, "EPSG:4326",ProjectionPolicy.REPROJECT_TO_DECLARED,"raster");
         
         // remove workspace and all of its contents
         assertTrue(publisher.removeWorkspace(DEFAULT_WS,true));