Timothy Appnel wrote: > On 1/2/07, Michael Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > As I said to him when we had our IRC conversation that day, the main >> bit >> > that is missing is dispatch based on MIME types. >> >> Well, it lacks being able to dispatch on HTTP request method too. I'm >> confused >> about the MIME types bit though. I don't seem to remember how they are >> associated with REST. > > The idea is that one end point and return a representation of itself > in different formats based on the HTTP Accept header. This is referred > to as content negotiation or "conneg" in REST parlance.
Ok, that makes sense and it's what happens now anyways, just not as frequently. For instance mod_gzip uses those headers to decide whether or not to compress the outgoing data. -- Michael Peters Developer Plus Three, LP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cgiapp&r=1&w=2 To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
