Please see my four articles on Web Services and .NET, originally printed in Spectrum Magazine from 2003-2004. Magazines are here: http://www.intl-spectrum.com/SPECTRUMMAG.HTML HTML versions here: http://............../articles/ I also have an article there called "SOAP for people who don't do protocols" which is a follow-up to my "What are Sockets?" article.
In particular, Universe doesn't really play a part in Web Services per-se, unless you use socket coding to make it into a socket client and/or server. I'd recommend against that approach. To make Universe a web service client: - Use mainstream tools like .NET, J2EE, or Perl to create a WS client to an external service of your choice. Web Service sources publish WSDL which identifies the API to their service. Mainstream tools easily create WS clients to conform to the server side. - Then create a pipe from your new WS client into U2, to function purely as a data transport. For this you can use UO, UO.NET, MV.NET, PDP.NET, RedBack, or other tools described in this forum recently. To publish U2 business rules as a web service, follow the same pattern: - Use mainstream tools to publish WSDL and accept inbound WS requests. - When requests come in, connect to U2 to run BASIC programs, run rules, and build a result set. - The data from U2 can be built into XML, ready to be passed out through the Web Service, or you can pass back simple data and let your Web Service wrap it properly prior to returning data back to the client. I've written Web Services to/from MV platforms using .NET and Perl (not together), and am prepared to develop end-to-end solutions for VARs or end-users. I hope that helps. Tony, Nebula R&D [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cooper, Rudy Rudy.Cooper-at-sagepub.com |U2UG| wrote: > Has anyone developed a web service for Universe ? > > I'm trying to gather as much info as I can about the > technology used. I realize UV 10.1 has many of the tools > that I'll need for the backend, but what is normally used > on the frontend, what communications protocal is normally > used ? > > I've read alot of theory about how it should work, but I > haven't come across anything that gives me some concrete > examples. > > Can someone direct me to some information or maybe > explain to me in practical terms on how an xml request > would come into UV then a response sent back to the > requestor from UV using xml. > > If you've done web services using ASP.NET and UV I would > appreciate hearing from you. ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
