5.4. General Considerations
There are some general considerations that Web service client developers might want to keep in mind. In particular, developers need to be aware of the issues regarding conversational state. Also included in this section are some guidelines for improving or enhancing the user experience, and a short discussion of server-side design considerations. Last, there is an explanation of how to package client applications.
5.4.1. Managing Conversational State
Clients should view Web services as stateless and should assume that a service endpoint retains no knowledge of previous client interactions. However, some use cases may require a client to make a sequence of calls to a service to accomplish a given operation.
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