The query string in a URI contribute to identify the resource, just like other path components (e.g. "/reports"). So yes, the /reports? count=10 and /reports?count=20 URIs are two different resources (or "things"): the list of the first ten reports and the list of the first twenty reports. "/reports" is yet another resource: the list of all available reports.
Best, Philippe Mougin Le 6 août 09 à 09:53, Nicolas Rinaudo a écrit : > From your answer, I think I might be misunderstanding the basic > concept of a resource. > > The way I understand it is, if you have a /reports resource that > lists all available reports and accepts a count parameter that > limits the number of reports returned in a given query, /reports? > count=10 and /reports?count=20 are the same resource. > > With that in mind, /reports?count=foobar isn't a 404 (the reports > resource was found) but a 400 (query parameter 'count' has an > illegal value). > > What you're saying, however, is that /reports?count=10 and /reports? > count=20 are two different resources? > This isn't what I understood at all, but it probably means I didn't > understand it correctly. If that's the case, I apologise for wasting > your time and will be doing some more reading on what a resource > actually is. > > Regards, > Nicolas > > ------------------------------------------------------ > http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2380725 > ------------------------------------------------------ http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2380781
