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Fri Jun 27 15:45:09 2003 by ChristophOberle
- I need to understand how to use soap, including using basic authentication.
+ The SOAP logicsheet is able to create a SOAP call, then execute it,
+ and include the results in place of the call.
+ Compare this to the ESQL logicsheet: It creates a DB call, executes it,
+ and includes the results in place of the call.
+
+ ! What is SOAP
+
+ SOAP is a protocol definition, allowing to call "services" over a HTTP
connection.\\
+ The SOAP request is a XML message, the SOAP reply too.
+
+ The XML part of a typical SOAP request looks like:
+
+ {{{
+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8?>
+
+ <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";>
+ <SOAP-ENV:Body>
+ <getPartnerData>
+ <getPartnerDataRequest>
+ <partnerNo>1</partnerNo>
+ </getPartnerDataRequest>
+ </getPartnerData>
+ </SOAP-ENV:Body>
+ </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
+ }}}
+
+ This XML data must be POSTed to the Webservice's URL
+ (e.g. "http://webservice.somewhere.org/partner";).
+ In the HTTP request there has to be a HTTP header "SOAPAction".
+
+ After serving the SOAP request the caller will get a HTTP reply which could
look like:
+
+ {{{
+ <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; >
+ <soapenv:Body>
+ <getPartnerDataResponse
soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"; >
+ <getPartnerDataReturn>
+ <bpPerson>
+ <birthdate>1960-01-01</birthdate>
+ <nationality>DE</nationality>
+ <lastname>Muster</lastname>
+ <initials>E.E.</initials>
+ <sex>1</sex>
+ <fullname>Dr. Max E.E. Muster</fullname>
+ <firstname>Max</firstname>
+ <partnerNo>1</partnerNo>
+ </bpPerson>
+ </getPartnerDataReturn>
+ </getPartnerDataResponse>
+ </soapenv:Body>
+ </soapenv:Envelope>
+ }}}
+
+ ! ... to be continued ;-)
+
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Fri Jun 27 15:20:49 2003 by ChristophOberle
- !How it began:
-
+ After Tests with Apache, Tomcat and Cocoon on my NT workstation, we decided
to build an Intranet in the company, where I am working.
- I read about Cocoon in the german magazine iX, and they said,
- that "LAPToC" is the "right way" to build web applications (LAPToC means
Linux, Apache, PHP, Tomcat and Cocoon).
-
- So I decided to install Apache, Tomcat and Cocoon on my NT workstation and
- began using XSP and XSL to build info systems, which all had the following
layout:
-
- * XSP page with esql-queries, reading data from Oracle tables
- * XSL-Stylesheets, presenting the results
-
- !The next step:
-
- We decided to build an Intranet in the company, where I am working.
+ * Integration of other business applications by webservices (we use the
[SOAP-Logicsheet|SOAPLogicsheet])
