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Re: Generality of HTTP

• To: Paul Prescod <paul@p...>
• Subject: Re: Generality of HTTP
• From: John Cowan <cowan@m...>
• Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 23:58:19 -0500 (EST)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <3C4CE941.8A909927@p...> from Paul Prescod at "Jan 21, 200208:23:29 pm"

Paul Prescod scripsit:

> By the way, if you are concerned about developing conventions for using
> HTTP in manners it has not been used, then how do you feel about
> SOAP-over-HTTP wherein people knowingly and consciously do things that
> violate the SOAP model such as using POST for idempotent queries and
> "success" result codes for failures?

I don't believe there's any problem with using POST for idempotent
queries, only in using GET for non-idempotent ones.  As for success
and failure, that's a matter of level.  When my application returns
a "search failed" message to the client, the HTTP code is 200.

-- 
John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@c...
Please leave your values        |       Check your assumptions.  In fact,
   at the front desk.           |          check your assumptions at the door.
     --sign in Paris hotel      |            --Miles Vorkosigan

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