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Rich Salz wrote:
>>>You've doubled the reliability, security, and server-state load,
>>>but it is RESTian. For many applications that won't be enough.
>>
>>Where do you get the factor of two from?
>
> Twice the number of HTTP messages, nothing more simple then that.
Not more complex, either. If you doubled the number of connections, that
would double the load. Messages, I don't think so. What you have done is
doubled the latency.
> As for server-state, the server now has to maintain state behind
> the GET'able URL, make sure that it's the same client coming back
> or otherwise deal with authorization decisions, etc.
Or encode the client identification in the URL.
Bob Foster
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