Hello all. I am currently working on transitioning the project I am working on from it's current framework to Tuscany. It's already services based, so that is making things easier. Currently, a custom formatted xml message is posted through tomcat. When the servlet recieves it, it does some custom authentication against an LDAP server and then forwards the message to the appropriate service for processing. It's very much a roll your own solution right now.
I would like to better leverage existing technologies and Tuscany capabilities to improve this process. I need to continue to use the message format I'm using. Would I need to write a new binding since it's not a format supported by JSON or WS? Or, would I keep doing what Im doing with my current services just now registered on a domain and the servlet receiving the message continue with the custom validation then use the domain the fetch the appropriate service to pass the message along to? Also, how would I go about writing a TCP/IP window into the app? Just write my own, or is there some support for this in Tuscany somehow? Pardon my ignorance. I don't quite know all the capabilities and best practices for dealing with this kind of problem, so I figure it's faster to ask, even it my questions don't make sense. Thanks. Jason.
