Proposed text for HTTP method default "POST" (CR035/CR072)

[John Kaputin (gmail)]

To close out CR035 and CR072, I would like to propose some text for section 6.3.1 in Part 2 to specify that HTTP method should default to POST when the other conditions fail. CR072 has a couple of other points but I think these are already closed with CR050.

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6.3.1 HTTP Method Selection

When formulating the HTTP message to be transmitted, the HTTP request method used MUST be selected using one of the following: ^†

• For a given Interface Operation component, if there is a Binding Operation component whose {interface operation} property matches the component in question and its {http method} property has a value, then the value of the {http method} property.

• Otherwise, the value of the Binding component's { http method default}, if any.

• Otherwise, if a {safety} property as defined in 3.1 Operation safety is present on the bound Interface Operation component and has a value of "true", the value "GET".

• Otherwise "POST"
  

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I have simply added the fourth bullet point. If necessary, this could be elaborated further as:

• Otherwise, if {safety} is absent on the bound Interface Operation or has a value of "false", the value "POST".
  

regards,
John Kaputin
(Apache Woden)