Actually, let me put this another way ...
On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 05:49:43AM -0400, Sam Ruby wrote:
> I just want to note that at some point, many developer don't want to
> think in terms of HTTP or SOAP, but rather in terms like
> getQuantityInStock(PartNumber="123").
Are you sure it's that and not this;
getQuantityInStockForPartNumber123() ?
or
getQuantity( type="InStock", PartNumber="123" ) ?
I mean, where do you draw the line? That first suggestion of mine is
obviously silly, because it's not parameterized at all; it does one
thing and one thing only. But the second is more reusable than your
suggestion, because I can use it for retrieving many types of
quantities ("InStock", "OnOrder", etc..).
So why don't we generalize it just a little bit further to;
get( http://example.org/quantity-in-stock?partnumber=123 ) ?
And that, in a nutshell, is REST.
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