Hi, Speaking of libraries, http://wso2.org/projects/wsf/ruby /looks/ like a pretty good alternative to SOAP4r. I haven't tried it myself though ...
"WSO2 WSF/Ruby is a complete solution for building and deploying Web services, and is the only Ruby extension with the widest range of WS-* specification implementations. Key features include, secure services and clients with WS-Security support, binary attachments with MTOM, works with Ruby on Rails and interoperability with .NET and J2EE." Now I'm trying to recall why I chose soap4r - was it the facility to generate ruby stubs/skeletons from a WSDL (wsdl2ruby) ? It looks like WSO2 also has something similar in the works. Best Regards, Ahsan Ali On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Erik Lindblad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > My intention was to do both. Since I am designing Merb-based nodes in a > SOA each node needs to be able to produce as well as consume SOAP messages. > > I read in the pickaxe that Action Web Service does not support > document/literal SOAP messages, which is the de facto standard in the > WS-I guidelines. I am not sure whether this is a restriction in AWS or > in SOAP4R (or if AWS even uses SOAP4R). I guess a SOAP lib that is based > on libxml-ruby would be preferable for performance reasons and XML > Schema usage. > > I realize that maybe this specific question is more appropriate for a > SOAP4R list or a general WS list, but I think the subject as a whole is > a valid Merb issue. > > I love RESTful development and the lightweight approach to web services, > but in a legacy environment SOAP cannot be ignored. And in an enterprise > environment, things like standardized policy enforcement, intermediate > nodes and so on really rely on SOAP-based techniques. There is a lot of > talk these days on whether Merb and other Ruby frameworks (guess which > one :-) are ready for enterprise adoption and, in my opinion, in many > areas they are. But with the upcoming second generation web services > (WS-Security, XML Encryption, WS-Policy and so on) the Ruby SOAP libs > are lagging far behind. > > And again, this is not a Merb-specific issue, since Merb can use any lib > you want. But for me, and I think for a few other people as well, it > would be a lot easier to argue the use of Merb if there existed an > active and up-to-date SOAP-lib that was mentioned in the Merb pages and > supported in the same way as e.g. DataMapper. Managers rarely go for the > "but you can use anything" argument :-) So if anyone have done some work > with Merb/SOAP/SOA/WS-* I would be very happy to hear about your > experiences of it. Or maybe running Merb on JRuby using Java libs for > SOAP integration. That would really be a strong selling point to my > bosses :-) > > Kindest regards > > Erik > > > Per Melin skrev: > > 2008/10/17 Erik Lindblad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> I would like to do the refactorization using Merb+DM but the > >> potential lack of SOAP support might be a showstopper. > >> > > > > Are we talking about servicing SOAP requests with Merb, or using DM to > > collect data from SOAP services? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "merb" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/merb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
