1 files changed, 4 insertions, 44 deletions

diff --git a/js/io/system/coreioapi.js b/js/io/system/coreioapi.js
index 33c7bc28..5deeae73 100755
--- a/js/io/system/coreioapi.js
+++ b/js/io/system/coreioapi.js
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ exports.CoreIoApi = Montage.create(Component, {
     directoryServiceURL: {
         enumerable: false,
         get: function() {
+            if(!this.rootUrl){
+                this.rootUrl = 'http://localhost:16380';
+            }
             return String(this.rootUrl+this._directoryServiceURL);
         },
         set: function(value) {
@@ -863,50 +866,7 @@ exports.CoreIoApi = Montage.create(Component, {
                     var serviceURL = this._prepareServiceURL(this.fileServiceURL, file.uri),
                     xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
                     xhr.open("GET", serviceURL, false);
-                    xhr.setRequestHeader("get-attributes", "true");
-                    xhr.send();
-                    if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
-                        retValue.status = xhr.status;
-                        if(xhr.status == 200) {
-                            retValue.content = xhr.responseText;
-                        }
-                        retValue.success = true;
-                    }
-                }
-                catch(error) {
-                    xhr = null;
-                    retValue.success = false;
-                }
-            }
-            return retValue;
-        }
-    },
-
-    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    // Checks if the directory is writable
-    // Parameters:
-    //      the file parameter must contain the following properties
-    //          uri: string value containing the full directory path/URI i.e. "c:/foo"
-    //
-    // Return values:
-    //    returns an object with two properties
-    //      success: boolean indicating if the call succeeded or failed
-    //      status: int indicating the request HTTP status code
-    //              204 -  The file exists and response body has writable flag
-    //              404 - the file does not exist
-    //              500 - unknown server error occurred
-    //TODO:to be finalized
-    isDirectoryWritable:{
-        enumerable:true,
-        writable:false,
-        value:function(file){
-            var retValue = { success:null, status:null };
-            if(file && file.uri) {
-                try {
-                    var serviceURL = this._prepareServiceURL(this.directoryServiceURL, file.uri),
-                    xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-                    xhr.open("GET", serviceURL, false);
-                    xhr.setRequestHeader("get-attributes", "true");
+                    xhr.setRequestHeader("get-file-info", "true");
                     xhr.send();
                     if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
                         retValue.status = xhr.status;