Re: DELTAV (RFC 3253) States & State charts

David Bearh wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am learning the HTTP protocol and one of the things I noticed is that 
> it is stateless.  When I was reading the 3253, it mentions that there 

The *protocol* is stateless. The resources you communicat with have state.


> are states.  So far I have identified these groupings on states:
> 
> checked in vs checked out
> 
> locked vs unlocked
> 
> Is there a state chart diagram anywhere that explains all of the states 
> and transitions for this protocol?

I don't think so.

> Additionally is RFC 3648's ORDERPATCH method generally supported by HTTP 
> servers yet?

As far as I know, only by one (SAP's Enterprise Portal server).

Regards, Julian


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