Tom, Your point is true. I was trying to state that many SOAP developers build logic into SOAP Faults. Sure you can get a Boolean success/fail but being able to interpret the fault result and call another WS method with args is important. My login example wasn't clear and rather simplistic but if the login response was that there was 'no user', you could prompt the user to 'register', then 'login', then 'getUsers'. It is the flexibility to interpret the SOAP Fault response that is a thorn in the side of SOAP WS devs. I think Flex/Flash is missing a key lever here and I am hell bent on getting this fixed.
It is a great point that we get a 'fault' error but that limits the options for deep integration with web services. My 2 cents! Ted Patrick Flex Technical Evangelist Adobe Systems http://www.onflex.org http://www.linkedin.com/in/tedpatrick -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Chiverton Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 2:18 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re:Do I *REALLY* need Flex Data Services for WebServices? On Tuesday 30 Jan 2007, Ted Patrick wrote: > Call GetUsers() > 500 Fault >> User not Logged in. > Call Login(username, password) > 200 Success >> User logged in. > Call GetUsers() > 200 Success >> Users Objects Ahh. We do Call Login() If result.success Call GetUsers() if result.success ... else display error because you know GetUsers() will fail if the user is not logged in. For our latest project, we're trialing a standardised way across all the services of returning results (result:Bool,data:*). -- Tom Chiverton Helping to enormously create fourth-generation web-readiness **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at St James's Court Brown Street Manchester M2 2JF. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by the Law Society. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 8008. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links
