Ah, sorry, I used a testversion. It doesn't compile.
Here is the real one.
Sorry, again. Should have compiled it before sending :-(
Stephan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pae Choi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 3:20 AM
Subject: Re: chaining soap servers
> Hello Hari Nam,
>
> >From the initial SOAP client perspective, all other SOAP servers other
than one
> , e.g., 1st SOAP server, which receives the SOAP request should be
transparent.
> This means that next SOAP server in the chain should be determined by the
one
> that is forwarding the request. During the forwarding flow through the
intermediate
> SOAP servers, you can think about the SMTP store-and-forward mechanism if
> you want imagine even though it is a perfect example.
>
> So, however the forwarding SOAP server process and transmit the requst is
your
> choice as long as the next SOAP server understand the message defined by
the
> standards.
>
> Does it make sense to you?
>
>
> Pae
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a more general question on SOAP. The spec suggests that possible
SOAP
> > requests may travel through multiple SOAP servers. Those SOAP servers
may or
> > may not alter the body somehow.
> >
> > So, it says that the SOAP header has an actor element that describes the
> > next SOAP server that it should go to. Is that correct?
> >
> > How do I describe a chain of SOAP servers? E.g., go to this SOAP server,
> > then this and then to the final SOAP server? According to the spec,
should I
> > just add multiple actor elements in the header? And, the order of the
> > elments describes the order of the SOAP servers? Does the SOAP client
API
> > support setting multiple SOAP actors?
> >
> > Here is, what I want to do.
> > I) Have a SOAP server accept SOAP requests from Java and non-Java
clients.
> > The SOAP request won't be processed here. Rather, it should look at the
SOAP
> > envelope to determine, to which SOAP server this should go.
> >
> > II) That's, where I want to use a proprietary JMS protocol to call on
> > another SOAP server. This SOAP server looks at the SOAP header, and
figures
> > out to which http SOAP server to make the request to.
> >
> > It seems that the SOAP spec supports and suggests this. Though, could
> > someone illustrate me with a sample SOAP header, how this would work.
Plus,
> > does Apache and general client SOAP implementations support this?
> >
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> > Hari Nam
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