Re: REST and DELETE?

Mike Kelly <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.services.rest
Message-ID <CANqiZJYEX6tyNhs0Rqc9+6LTu+BiB5jANoqeAfsDWb-vyqTUEw@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 3:13 AM, Mark Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Jan Algermissen
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > My thinking is based on [1] but surely a server side resource-cart is fine as well. Especially if you want to maintain it across browsers.
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> Until you consider the fact that the "buy" message has to contain all
> that state since it contains the expectations of the user.
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> http://www.markbaker.ca/blog/2007/11/users-and-self-description/
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Does it _have_ to contain all the state? The following would work ok,
and the important parts of the interaction are still visible:

POST /cart/123
If-Match: 2930480293842
<state>reserve-to-pay</state>

Cheers,
M
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