- From: James Graham <jg307@cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 16:56:44 +0100
Henri Sivonen wrote: > On May 13, 2005, at 06:28, Michael Gratton wrote: > >> Most web applications I have seen (certainly nearly every one written >> in Java) do not differentiate between parameters provided by a GET or >> a POST; you can do either and the application will work in the same way. > > > Of the various server-side frameworks available Java servlets are > among the most cluefully designed when it comes to getting HTTP right. > If a developer calls doPost from doGet, there is nothing the framework > designer can do about it. > > I'm still -1 on changing the specs to accommodate people who have been > ignoring RFC 2616. That seems to be based on the belief that all things which look like links must correspond to idempotent actions. I don't think this is true and, in general, think that trying to couple the user interface to the underlying protocol is a bad idea. -- "But if science you say still sounds too deep, Just do what Beaker does, just shrug and 'Meep!'" -- Dr. Bunsen Honeydew & Beaker of Muppet Labs
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