REST doesn't offer new novelties because the basic idea is at least as old as Smalltalk.
REST isn't even about discoverability. That's just a natural consequence of calling methods that might only exists when an object is in a particular state (i.e. the object creates the methods at runtime).
The difference between REST and (usual) SOAP is the difference between late-binding and "extreme late-binding"[1]
REST isn't even about discoverability. That's just a natural consequence of calling methods that might only exists when an object is in a particular state (i.e. the object creates the methods at runtime).
The difference between REST and (usual) SOAP is the difference between late-binding and "extreme late-binding"[1]
[1] http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=h...