Better SOAP Interfaces With Header Elements
By Benoit Marchal2004-01-26
Resources
• Participate in the discussion forum for Benoit Marchal's Working XML column.
• Download the source code used in this article.
• Read "A lightweight XML client," in which Benoit Marchal presents a lightweight client to interface with SOAP services (developerWorks, September 2003).
• Learn the basic concepts behind SOAP in Dan Gisolfi's article "Web services architect" (developerWorks, April 2001).
• Catch "Myths and misunderstandings surrounding SOAP" as Frank Cohen debunks some of the myths surrounding SOAP (developerWorks, September 2001).
• Use SOAP to access the popular Google search engine with the Google Web API. It's one example of a Web service that many applications can use.
• Check out the directory of publicly available SOAP services on XMethods.
• Download the AXIS toolkit used in this article from ws.apache.org/axis. It is based on work initially done by IBM.
• SOAP 1.2 is now an official W3C Recommendation.
• Find more XML and Web services resources on the developerWorks XML and Web services zones. For a complete list of XML tips to date, check out the tips summary page.
• Find out how you can become an IBM Certified Developer in XML and related technologies.
Tutorial Pages:
» Header elements and the AXIS toolkit
» Intranet and Internet services
» Header elements in AXIS
» Conclusion
» Resources
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