The JMAP format massively reduces round trip times, especially when you have sequential operations where you must wait for one to finish before the next can happen.
I hear you (REST and batch operations don't mix too well). But wouldn't it be possible to simply provide higher level operations, grouping several of these commands?
And once you're not doing REST, I don't personally think putting HTTP verbs in the method calls doesn't really make it any clearer, and is just likely to confuse matters.
As I said, it wouldn't necessarily be restricted to HTTP verbs (eg, using 'create' and 'update' instead of 'POST' and 'PUT'), but I do like the idea of separating the resource you act on from the action on this resource.
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I hear you (REST and batch operations don't mix too well). But wouldn't it be possible to simply provide higher level operations, grouping several of these commands?
As I said, it wouldn't necessarily be restricted to HTTP verbs (eg, using 'create' and 'update' instead of 'POST' and 'PUT'), but I do like the idea of separating the resource you act on from the action on this resource.