Re: the meaning of stateless

On 09.05.2013, at 20:30, Bob Haugen <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.

My line of thought, too. Until this thread:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rest-discuss/message/18998

Since then I try to follow Roy's advice.

Jan



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