You hit the nail on the head there. If the author posted a new payment (using whatever metaphor), then a handler could initiate a set of actions in the course o

You hit the nail on the head there. If the author posted a new payment (using whatever metaphor), then a handler could initiate a set of actions in the course of processing <metaphor>. Maybe this is a real debate in some circles, but I cannot fathom mapping HTTP verbs directly to SQL statements.