Re: REST and DELETE?
Mark Baker <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Eric J. Bowman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. I wasn't arguing that it was non-standard, though it is that too. I was essentially arguing that it wasn't stateless. Mark.