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Re: What does SOAP really add?

• To: "Alaric Snell" <alaric@a...>, <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: Re: What does SOAP really add?
• From: "Didier PH Martin" <martind@n...>
• Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 13:35:50 -0400
• References: <4F4182C71C1FDD4BA0937A7EB7B8B4C104F0566C@r...> <20020423142549.E6E0A91095@l...> <01a701c1eadf$fe88cf70$6401a8c0@didierhome> <20020423162229.0BB5691095@l...>

Hi Alaric,

Alaric said:
> I know what you're saying - there are idempotent operations out there that
> can only be performed by POST and it would be nice to be able to access
them
> from XSLT - BUT I think this practice should be discouraged, not
encouraged!
> One of the best pieces of information you can pass to a lower layer in a
> network is whether the communication action you are performing is
idempotent.
> If it's idempotent, then removing the requirement to avoid duplicating
> communications in the network can simplify it a lot, and only idempotent
> operations may be cached without breaking semantics!
>

Didier replies:
I understand your point.

Cheers
Didier PH Martin

• References:
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  • Re: What does SOAP really add?
    • From: Alaric Snell <alaric@a...>
  • Re: What does SOAP really add?
    • From: "Didier PH Martin" <martind@n...>
  • Re: What does SOAP really add?
    • From: Alaric Snell <alaric@a...>

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