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Re: REST has too many verbs


Re:  REST has too many verbs
> > getFile(), getName(), getArticle(), getStockQuote() were what we had
> > *before* the Web.  I can't see any reason to go back after seeing
> > what can be achieved with GET.
> 
> What does that have to do with REST then?

Hmm, I must be missing something.

Each of those methods returns a representation of something; a file, a
name, an article, a stock quote.  REST says that all of those actions
can be generalized with a single verb, GET, and that the noun should be
identified by a URI.

But you knew that, right?

MB
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Mark Baker, Chief Science Officer, Planetfred, Inc.
Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA.      mbaker@p...
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