Re: REST and DELETE?

"Eric J. Bowman" <[email protected]> Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:11:02 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.web.services.rest
Organization	Bison Systems Corporation
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Mark Baker wrote:
>
> Mike Kelly wrote:
> > 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>
> 
> It has to contain all the state if you want the message to reflect the
> intent of the user, yes.  That message is not self-descriptive.
> 

+1

I don't recognize the media type, therefore not self-descriptive.

-Eric