Alexander Jacobson writes: >> You need something that identifies a function call as being idempotent Yes, but not necessarily determinable from the contents of the SOAP envelope, the method names, etc. I would expect that the "idempotency" would be captured in the specifications for the serivce, probably in the accompanying WSDL, perhaps in the UDDI if you're using that, etc. So, if I identify getSocialSecurityNumber(name) as idempotent in a WSDL or similar description, I would expect that the endpoints identified as supporting that service would indicate that they are using the HTTP GET binding (sorry for the US-centric example) . None of this requires us to infer from the method name or other contents of a SOAP envelope that the service is idempotent. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Noah Mendelsohn Voice: 1-617-693-4036 IBM Corporation Fax: 1-617-693-8676 One Rogers Street Cambridge, MA 02142 ------------------------------------------------------------------Received on Thursday, 21 February 2002 12:28:46 GMT
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