Using Native Oracle XML DB Web Services - REST POST web service possible?

Question

My goal is to expose some pl/sql procedures as a REST web services.
The Database is 11gR2
The request method needs to be a POST (not GET as a request will perform insert/updates ) - the request body will contain a xml structure
Have setup XMLDB Database-native Web Services as per
11g documentation "Using Native Oracle XML DB Web Services"
It seems this setup support only SOAP requests!?
RESTful webservice with GET is (sort of) supported using
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway as describer here:
http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2009/07/creating-rest-web-service-with-plsql.html
Although no support for POST
Obviously the post is from 2009 so just want to know if anything changed since.
Has anyone found a way to expose pl/sql procedures using XML DB or other approach as a REST POST web services?
(As the relative low number of calls/hour and also the aim to have the least amount of moving parts therefor looking for a DB centric solution)
Thanks
Pete

Answer 1

I think the post referred to was more an exercise of what could be achieved. The quickest way, nowadays, to get this done with not too much hassle is via APEX
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37097_01/doc/doc.42/e35128/restful_svc.htm
M.