Aaron, Would the clients need to poll the server though to see if the xml version number had changed? I want to avoid having the clients poll a server.
Regards Jim. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:29 PM Subject: Re: OT Problem Domain question > > Why not just include a version number with the XML feed? Your clients will > know it has changed if the version number increments. If you can't change > the XML schema itself, then the version number could go in a SOAP header, > or any number of other places. > > > ADK > > -------------------------------------------- > > There is no magic. > > > > James Black > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > rg> cc: > Subject: Re: OT Problem Domain question > 06/19/2003 > 08:27 AM > Please respond > to axis-user > > > > > > > Jim Collins wrote: > > >I have a number of clients that receive an XML datafeed. This datafeed can > >change due to various circumstances and I would like all the clients to be > >notified of any change. Would it be possible for a Web Service to notify > all > >clients of a change or would the clients need to continually poll the Web > >Service for any changes. > > > > > I am not positive what the ramifications would be, but callbacks may > be an option here. > > If all of your clients have web servers, a better solution might be to > have a cgi program that your server contacts to inform them of any change. > > Just some thoughts. > > -- > "We do not lose our identity in our relations with others; in part, at > least, we achieve our identity by those relations." Tony Blair, 1993 > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- > Have you seen our website?.... http://www.vodafone.co.nz > > CAUTION: This correspondence is confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. > If you are not the named recipient and receive this correspondence in error, you must not copy, > distribute or take any action in reliance on it and you should delete it from your system and > notify the sender immediately. Thank you. > > Unless otherwise stated, any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do > not represent those of Vodafone New Zealand Limited. > > Vodafone New Zealand Limited > 21 Pitt Street, Private Bag 92161, Auckland, 1020, New Zealand > Telephone + 64 9 357 5100 > Facsimile + 64 9 377 0962
