Re: Re: the meaning of stateless

Bob Haugen <[email protected]> Thu, 9 May 2013 13:30:53 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.services.rest
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On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Matt McClure <[email protected]> wrote:
> It seems to me that a client need not include all of the detail of the cart
> contents and payment method in the purchase request to conform with a
> statelessness constraint. I'd be happy to hear why I'm wrong if I am.

That was my position in the argument with Mark Baker that I lost.

When I say "I lost", I decided I agreed with Mark that to be stateless
and self-describing, the message to the server *did* need to include
all the detail of the cart contents, payment method, etc. etc. etc.