[seam-dev] Re: Seam/RESTEasy integration

[Pete Muir]

On 4 Mar 2009, at 18:06, Dan Allen wrote:

> Thanks for the response Bill. Let's line that up with what we have  
> today.
>
>
> * Unique URIs to each "page"
>
> We are going to call these "pretty" or "friendly" URLs and it is  
> slated for JSF 2.1. We intentionally want to avoid the word REST here.

Actually, I think this comes with page parameters, as those define a  
unique URI (but not path) for a resource. URL rewrite just makes em  
look nice.

>
>
>
> * don't overload the meaning of HTTP methods.  i.e. don't change  
> state of server with a GET
>
> JSF 2.0 will have bookmarkable URLs, which are used, for example, to  
> retrieve a record by ID. In JSF 2.1 we intend to add page actions,  
> which may change the state of the server with a GET, but those are  
> discretionary cases to adapt to an action-oriented world (sometimes,  
> it just has to be done).
>
>
> * No sessions, stateless
>
> JSF 2.0 if they get their act together.

This is done AFAICT (stateless pages apparently work with a build- 
before-restore option and page parameters mean you can do something  
useful with the stateless page)

>
>
>
> Or maybe people just want nice URI templating and JAX-RS injection  
> annotations.  I don't know. Which isn't persay, "REST", but still  
> nice to have.
>
> This was my favorite idea of what was discussed in Tuscany. I'm  
> going to credit Christian with sparking this idea. Correct me if I'm  
> wrong.
>
> -Dan
>
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