I don't really like the idea of having lots of clients poll a server. At the moment I am just kicking a few ideas around how to best solve this and if Web Services is not suited to this type of problem will look at something else (probably RMI based).
Regards Jim. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Tomasini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 10:24 PM Subject: Re: OT Problem Domain question > Then you will have to embed a server in your clients. I would just poll > the web service at regular intervals. > > BTW, what about a simple RSS feed? > > Ben > > On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 16:54, Jim Collins wrote: > > Hi Ian, > > > > Thanks for the feedback. Sending emails to clients does not seem a > > particularly elegant solution :). At the moment the client applications > > display the data in a table. A user can make a change to this and hit a > > submit button, when this happens the server is notified and then sends a > > message to all clients that have subscribed to these messages and they then > > update the table to reflect the change. > > > > I would like to move away from the messaging system and if possible use a > > Web Service. > > > > Regards > > > > Jim. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:27 PM > > Subject: Re: OT Problem Domain question > > > > > > > > > > > > > Seems like a web service would be overkill for this sort of thing. > > > > > > What I would do is provide a server-side process that generates and > > > distributes the e-mail (perl works quite nicely), then call this process > > > whenever the datafeed changes. > > > > > > > > > HTH, > > > Ian > > > > > > Ian D. Stewart > > > Open Systems Engineer II > > > Enterprise Midrange - Bank One Infrastructure & Operations > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > (614) 213-6100 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Jim Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/18/2003 03:26:08 PM > > > > > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > cc: > > > > > > Subject: OT Problem Domain question > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I was wondering if Web Services would be applicable for the following > > > problem. > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Jim. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential > > and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the > > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > > distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any > > reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission > > in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in > > its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. > > > > -- > Benjamin Tomasini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > NetEverything, LLC >
