- From: <noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 12:12:22 -0500
- To: alex@shop.com
- Cc: Martin Gudgin <marting@develop.com>, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>, Paul Prescod <paulp@ActiveState.com>, "Williams, Stuart" <skw@hplb.hpl.hp.com>, xml-dist-app@w3.org, xml-dist-app-request@w3.org
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 ------------------------------------------------------------------
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