From: <glassfish_at_javadesktop.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:03:47 PDT

If it's a classic, modern, SOAP "@WebService" kind of web service, then, no, you can not use GET.

Simply put, SOAP services require a SOAP payload to operate upon, and they use POST to transmit that payload. And, that payload simply isn't trivial enough to be specified on a GET.
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