emphasis on RPC in Apache SOAP

[Aleksandar Milanovic <am...@galdosinc.com>]

Hi All,

I got an impression that the Apache SOAP package emphasizes the SOAP RPC
rather than the general SOAP mechanism. The stockquote, addressbook and
calculator examples rely on the SOAP RPC layer. I'd personally like to see
more examples of writing a simple SOAP service independently of RPC. While
it is true that the SOAP RPC package itself is an example of such a service,
I am not sure that it is suitable for a beginner (RPC examples are simpler).
I have delved into the code in the Apache SOAP RPC package trying to
understand what needs to be done in order to build a compact SOAP service. I
feel that I would have had a much easier job if a simple sample SOAP service
had been provided.

Perhaps people who have built SOAP services (non-RPC) could contribute their
code to help other SOAP beginners. My own experiment, although a working
one, seems unsuitable for this, because it was tailored from the Apache SOAP
RPC package and therefore introduces nothing new (due to the lack of time).

thx
Alex

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Aleksandar Milanovic
Software Engineer
Galdos Systems Inc.
email: amilanovic@galdosinc.com