J2me Httpconnection,which one is better get or post?

Question

In J2ME ,Which connection type is better?Get or post.Which one is faster?which one uses less bandwidth?and which one is supported by most of the handsets?What are the advantages and disadvantages of both?

Answer 1

If you follow standards get should be used only for data retrieval and post for adding new items. It depends on the server handler implementation which one is faster/slower.

Answer 2

Also, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/266322/http-uri-get-limit which may be relevant if you plan to abuse GET.

Be aware that network operators (certainly in the UK) have caching schemes in place that may affect your traffic.