# Reusable code in AWS **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 16, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reusable-code-in-aws/81983 "2007-01-16T18:25:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_Hickey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/258eb7/32.png) [@Ed\_Hickey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ed_Hickey)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reusable-code-in-aws/81983/1 "2007-01-16T18:25:54Z")
From what I’ve read (manual site, AWDWR), I don’t see the ability to easily re-use your ActionController methods in your ActionWebServices. The problem I’m finding is that the AWS methods require arguments in their definition whereas the ActionController methods get theirs from the post/get (params). I must be missing something obvious, no? If I’m not, then I can really see why ActiveResource/REST are more attractive… – Ed Hickey Developer Litmus Media 816-533-0409 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid A Member of Think Partnership, Inc [www.ThinkPartnership.com](http://www.ThinkPartnership.com) Amex ticker symbol: THK ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Hickey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/258eb7/32.png) [@Ed\_Hickey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ed_Hickey)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reusable-code-in-aws/81983/2 "2007-01-16T19:04:02Z")
Ed Hickey wrote: > I must be missing something obvious, no? If I’m not, then I can really > see why ActiveResource/REST are more attractive… AWS and ARes aren’t the same thing: AWS (the “SOAP interface”) is candidate for deprecation and ARes (the “REST interface”) won’t be included in the Rails 1.2 core yet but is available from SVN. ARes is what integrates nicely with RESTful controllers and is probably you’re looking for. - Roderick ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Hickey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/258eb7/32.png) [@Ed\_Hickey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ed_Hickey)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reusable-code-in-aws/81983/3 "2007-01-16T19:15:02Z")
On 1/16/07, Roderick van Domburg [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Ed Hickey wrote: > > > I must be missing something obvious, no? If I’m not, then I can really > > see why ActiveResource/REST are more attractive… > > AWS and ARes aren’t the same thing: AWS (the “SOAP interface”) is > candidate for deprecation and ARes (the “REST interface”) won’t be > included in the Rails 1.2 core yet but is available from SVN. I know. I didn’t mean to make it sound like they were the same. I was saying that, in my experience with AWS, I am beginning to understand why an ARes/REST implementation would be a simpler route than AWS. ARes is what integrates nicely with RESTful controllers and is probably > you’re looking for. That’s what it’s looking like. It just seems odd that rails, with it’s emphasise on DRY would make you rewrite code in you AWS. Thanks, ed ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Hickey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/258eb7/32.png) [@Ed\_Hickey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ed_Hickey)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/reusable-code-in-aws/81983/4 "2007-01-16T19:29:33Z")
Ed Hickey wrote: > That’s what it’s looking like. It just seems odd that rails, with it’s > emphasise on DRY would make you rewrite code in you AWS. Indeed - I misread you original post. What can I say? I agree with you 🙂 and it’s good to see that Rails is evolving towards REST. Looking forward to the core inclusion of ARes. - Roderick