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Re: What does SOAP really add?

• To: "Didier PH Martin" <martind@n...>,<jim@a...>, <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: Re: What does SOAP really add?
• From: Alaric Snell <alaric@a...>
• Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 17:38:13 +0100
• In-reply-to: <020301c1eae4$7a869d10$6401a8c0@didierhome>
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On Tuesday 23 April 2002 17:32, Didier PH Martin wrote:
> Didier replies:
> Off course, what is changing all this are the server side scripts and
> several issues like:
>
> a) the fact that an HTTP GET can include parameters in the URI. The
> document associated with the URI can be a script and thus create side
> effects.

If it's accessed via GET, then the script ought to be idempotent. Like 
http://www.google.com/search?q=food

> b) The fact that actual servers include the capability to overide any HTTP
> method

Doesn't mean it should actually be used, though :-)

ABS

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