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Subject:  it won't be simpler
Date:  2007-02-21 11:21:37
From:  damnhandy
Response to: it won't be simpler


What is the resource for "int multiply(int a, int b)"?

It could be:

http://localhost/calculations/multiply?a=4&b=4

But this is silly argument against REST because you're dealing with coarse-grained objects. This woudl be a dumb idea even for WS style web services

I haven't seen any REST Web Services so far, all I see are resources accessible using HTTP GET

Have a look at the Flickr API then. Also Yahoo! News

I'm not the only one having this opinion as I talked recently with another person implementing REST for his Web Services framework (like I do) and we shared the same opinion.

Awesome.

One thing most folks fail to see if that browsers don't supprt WSDL or SOAP. A browser can use a RESTful Web Service as part of an AJAX-based web application. Can't quite do that with SOAP and have it work everywhere.


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