On Jul 2, 2006, at 10:39 PM, Steve Jones wrote: > Which is the point, PUT doesn't actually deliver any functionality, > its the implementation behind it that does that. Which still needs to > be communicated to all consumers, published, managed, versioned etc > etc. So assuming that the implementation is idempotent because the > PUT operation is... well I'd say that is a very dangerous assumption > > If you are saying that for a system to be RESTful then all > interactions must be idempotent then you have several major > challenges, some of which cannot be overcome.
The whole point of REST is that the uniform interface's operations have meaning that has been agreed upon. PUT, for instance, is idempotent. GET is "safe". POST is neither. Stefan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/NhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/service-orientated-architecture/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
