• To: gtn@r... (Gavin Thomas Nicol)
• Subject: Re: REST has too many verbs
• From: Mark Baker <distobj@a...>
• Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:47:06 -0500 (EST)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <E16aP5Q-00037q-00@s...> from "Gavin Thomas Nicol" at Feb 11, 2002 05:19:27 PM

> > 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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