.NET & Legacy VB6 interop: Issues & Options The Wiki returned File Not Found under the .NET heading and I have only seen bits and pieces of this issue discussed elseware. I would like to know how others are addressing this and choosing between the options.
Background: My original Java based web services utilized Axis 1.2 over Tomcat. I was able to use these web services easily, including passing complex types as parameters or return values. The 2003 .NET handled it fine and I could use PocketSOAP for easy access from my legacy VB6 apps. I may not of been J2EE compliant, but then again everything worked splendidly. The Issues: Phase 2 of the transition to web services was to migrate to JBOSS. This has brought about a few complications. The rpcliteral encoding is not supported by 2003 .NET or PocketSOAP so I switched to documentliteral (per the documentation for interop). Unfortunately documentliteral, with its use of a complex type for request and response results in a 'clunkly' client proxy. I can do it (and perhaps take some comfort in conforming to the 'standard'), but the client code isn't as clean. The Options (as far as I know): So, where to from here? Well I found that 2005 .NET supports rpcliteral and the mssoap3.0 toolkit does as well. The downside here is that 2005 .NET is not yet released so I am working off of a beta and the mssoap3.0 toolkit is not nearly as slick as PocketSOAP in handling complex types. So, to summarize here are my options and the corresponding pros & cons... documentliteral pros: Standard (as far as interop goes) Can use 2003 .NET Can use PocketSOAP documentliteral cons: Client proxy is a bit clunky rpcliteral pros: Clean .NET & Java clients rpcliteral cons: VB6 client stuck using mssoap3.0 toolkit publish both documentliteral & rpcliteral pros: Can use PocketSoap for legacy VB6 apps (albeit a bit clunky) Can use .NET 2003 (clunky) Can use .NET 2005 (clean proxy, but beta client) Java clients have clean proxy publish both documentliteral & rpcliteral cons: Need to publish both (not a big deal, just adopt nomenclature) I would really appreciate any comments from those of you who have been down this road before and may have some additional insights or options. Thanks! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3898108#3898108 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3898108 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ JBoss-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
