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Posted to soap-user@ws.apache.org by Jess Wagner <jw...@softroots.com> on 2001/08/18 02:03:56 UTC

Distinction between RPC client and Message Client

Newbie here - 
Is there an advantage to using message-oriented services over RPC-based services (or vice versa) when invoking a method in a servlet?  I have downloaded the sample apps and cannot make a clear distinction of what type of SOAP service (message or RPC) to use - is there some rule of thumb to make it clear?

What about invoking an EJB - is there an advantage to using one over the other?

Thanks. J.