SOAP is a messaging system, not a distributed object system. SOAP doesn't support remote reference by design. It was a conscience decision by the designers to exclude support for remote references.
You can reference a service endpoint, though. WS-Addressing defines a standard mechanism to reference a service endpoint. It's not the same thing as a remote reference, though. Also, as you say, WSRF provides a mechanism to manage stateful resources. Document-based SOA requires a different mindset from distributed objects. You should use WS-Addressing and WSRF rather than try to emulate remote references. Anne -----Original Message----- From: Paul Libbrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 3:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Remote reference! Le 15 déc. 04, à 00:53, Anne Thomas Manes a écrit : > SOAP doesn't support remote references. That has been something that pickles me since ages and I always expected service architectures to suport this well and, indeed, never found it. Would anyone be able to quote how wishable this is ? Or... how much of an offense is this to the "SOA principles" ? This is kind of related to stateful resources, like WSRF or many other GRID efforts. I'd love echoes about usage of such, say, with Axis... paul
