[esip-semanticweb] Interface for Tool Match query service

Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattmann at jpl.nasa.gov
Sun Mar 4 12:02:27 EST 2012


Hey Brian,

On Mar 3, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Wilson, Brian D (335G) wrote:

> 
> Years ago I wrote down some ideas for what I called "active objects".
> Just path in a REST-style URL to find an object, and then call method
> chains on that object like in many fluent Javascript libraries.
> 
> http://server/path/object
> http://server/path/object/    - get method metadata for that object
> 
> http://server/path/object.method1(args).method2(args)    - method chain
> 
> 
> Kind of an abomination, but it sure would make RPC easy.

Not an abomination at all --- looks useful and cool!

Cheers,
Chris

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