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Posted to java-dev@axis.apache.org by tbx <ti...@datacrown.co.uk> on 2007/07/04 16:59:14 UTC
Passing the SOAP/WSDL message to an external C app
I have an old 'C' application that reads a SOAP message directly from a
TCP socket processes it and builds a SOAP response that it sends back.
This has been structured such that the client process can be built using
a standard WSDL file that is created by the 'C' app for that purpose.
Thus the 'C' app can be front-ended by many of the web dev tools
that are available.
Obviously the 'C' code handles processing all the XML/WSDL content in the
SOAP request and response and performs varying operations depending on
what exactly is in the request part.
Whilst this has been OK on a local LAN I'd like to bring the app under Axis
for many reasons and future capabilities.
My problem is I really don't want all the serializing to and from Java
classes
that Axis will do for me because effectively the app already handles the
SOAP message decoding/encoding. I've had a look at the Axis C++ interface
but again that seems to be doing serialisation to/from classes.
Also at this stage I don't want to have to deploy several hundred Java
servers.
So the BIG question...
Is there a way I can let the Axis server communicate with the client process
(just like normal) to receive the SOAP message but then short-cut the usual
processing and simply pass the SOAP out to the 'C' app and finally have Axis
return the SOAP response?
Many thanks for any thoughts/help you can offer
Tim.
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Re: Passing the SOAP/WSDL message to an external C app
Posted by Paul Fremantle <pz...@gmail.com>.
Tim
Have you looked at the newer C version of Axis2/C. Basically, just
like there is Axis1/Java and Axis1/C++ there is also an Axis2/C. AFAIK
you can get hold of the whole message (or just the body) from the
Axis2/C code, without having to bridge any JVM or do any JNI stuff.
Paul
On 7/4/07, tbx <ti...@datacrown.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I have an old 'C' application that reads a SOAP message directly from a
> TCP socket processes it and builds a SOAP response that it sends back.
>
> This has been structured such that the client process can be built using
> a standard WSDL file that is created by the 'C' app for that purpose.
> Thus the 'C' app can be front-ended by many of the web dev tools
> that are available.
>
> Obviously the 'C' code handles processing all the XML/WSDL content in the
> SOAP request and response and performs varying operations depending on
> what exactly is in the request part.
>
> Whilst this has been OK on a local LAN I'd like to bring the app under Axis
> for many reasons and future capabilities.
>
> My problem is I really don't want all the serializing to and from Java
> classes
> that Axis will do for me because effectively the app already handles the
> SOAP message decoding/encoding. I've had a look at the Axis C++ interface
> but again that seems to be doing serialisation to/from classes.
>
> Also at this stage I don't want to have to deploy several hundred Java
> servers.
>
> So the BIG question...
>
> Is there a way I can let the Axis server communicate with the client process
> (just like normal) to receive the SOAP message but then short-cut the usual
> processing and simply pass the SOAP out to the 'C' app and finally have Axis
> return the SOAP response?
>
>
> Many thanks for any thoughts/help you can offer
> Tim.
>
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> View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Passing-the-SOAP-WSDL-message-to-an-external-C-app-tf4024781.html#a11432069
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