XML-RPC and http

[Mark Baker]

Mike Dierken wrote:
> An HTTP request has headers and a body.
> The object identifier is in the URI.
> The method is the method (GET, POST, DELETE).
> For POST, the parameters are in the body. For GET the parameters are
> in the URI.

"Parameters" can be in the URI for POST too, if those parameters are
used to identify the resource.  In other words, identify the resource
first (with or without parameters), then invoke the methods on it.

> Hmm, for pure RPC this does look confusing. Mark?

Maybe when it's put that way.  RPC could be described in a similarly
confusing way too.

MB