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  • Yeah, I agree with Rob Y. Basically REST applies the HTTP verbs to all actions, and begs a question to all of us OOAD people. What would we do if we were limited to about 4 or 5 methods per class, and they all had to be the same? The answer seems to be "Hey, I didn't realize I could get by without all these different methods (verbs) if I just broke down the noun (class) nomenclature better in my design!" It seems to be that you can break down these relationships almost ad infinitum, and when you do, POST, GET, DELETE, etc. seem adequate. Commented Apr 23, 2014 at 18:01
  • Please explain "URIs the client uses should come from hypermedia". Commented Apr 23, 2014 at 21:58
  • That gets pretty deep. Most people making "REST" interfaces are really just making JSON over HTTP interfaces, because they're missing a central concern: passing hypermedia that tells a client how to modify the state of the resource. In HTML, think of <img> tags or <form> tags. Those are hypermedia, and contain links. In order to meet the basic criterion for REST ;) a RESTful service must return links that tell the client how to modify the resource, or fetch more data. You can't communicate the links "out of band". Look up HATEOAS for more info; there is a lot of discussion out there. Commented Apr 23, 2014 at 22:48
  • @user61852 I should say, that's the ideal. I've only been on 1 team that actually implemented that. That's why I usually just say "JSON over HTTP" instead of "REST". Maybe "Resource-oriented service". Also, a lot of times, if you take the REST buzzword out of a conversation, the answer becomes clear. Commented Apr 23, 2014 at 22:53