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> REST isn't even a clear protocol suite like SOAP or CORBA. It's more of a design philosophy than a formal definition. It's also one of the most misunderstood
by CrystalGamma 11y ago
> REST isn't even a clear protocol suite like SOAP or CORBA. It's more of a design philosophy than a formal definition.
It's also one of the most misunderstood architectural styles I have seen. If you see any read-write API that calls itself "RESTful", chances are it violates at least one compulsory constraint of REST (very often Uniform Interface), in effect meaning "HTTP-Based API that is not SOAP".