Mapping OO Interfaces to REST

mail@tahirhashmi.com (Tahir Hashmi) — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:35:46 +0000

A few days ago, my BBF (Big Boss Forever) Vijay R asked the following question:

Any resources on how to map OO design (controlled state change via methods) to RESTful services? #help

— Vijay Ramachandran (@vijay750) October 24, 2013

Here’s what I think about it. There are a few things that are very different about designing HTTP APIs as compared to language-native implementation design:

The goal of an HTTP API is to minimise coupling and facilitate interoperability, which is less of a concern when the usage environment is restricted to a single programming language and its runtime

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Mapping OO Interfaces to REST