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   Re: [xml-dev] What does SOAP really add?

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Hi Alaric,

Alaric said:
> I know what you're saying - there are idempotent operations out there that
> can only be performed by POST and it would be nice to be able to access
them
> from XSLT - BUT I think this practice should be discouraged, not
encouraged!
> One of the best pieces of information you can pass to a lower layer in a
> network is whether the communication action you are performing is
idempotent.
> If it's idempotent, then removing the requirement to avoid duplicating
> communications in the network can simplify it a lot, and only idempotent
> operations may be cached without breaking semantics!
>

Didier replies:
I understand your point.

Cheers
Didier PH Martin





 

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