Sorry, should read: 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 identify 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 12:55, Philippe Mougin a écrit : > > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------ http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2380784
