Why SOAP can't use HTTP caching mechanisms
问题 I am making a transition from SOAP to REST, and I would like to convince my colleagues that this is a good move. We don't need the extra security mechanisms that SOAP can provide. For us the overhead of SOAP and WSDL has only proven to be a headache over the years. Apart from the obvious simplifications, one really valuable advantage for our system would be the HTTP caching mechanisms. I have read things on the subject, but I still don't fully understand why these caching mechanisms can't be