Questions about Handler and Design...

[ki...@utoronto.ca]

Hi,

  First of all, thanks for those who answered my previous questions concerning 
the Axis and Apache set up problems.  

  Currently, I have just a few more questions

1. What is Handler good for? (Is it necessary?)
   Following the user guide provided on the Axis official website, it seems to 
me that the Axis was performing just right without the Handler. In fact, once i 
implement Handlers, I suffer the problem of Apache 2.X took up 98 to 99% of CPU 
resource, thus the web service didn't work at all.  (so is Handler necessary ? 
and recommmended? ??)

2. How do I encrypt my message? 
   I m planning to have MySQL runs on top of Axis. So people could querry the 
database via Axis + Apache.  For the security reasons, I would like to encrypt 
the message, maybe by sending the message through SSL.  Do I do this with 
Apache? or Axis?

Thanks in advance for all the help,

Kim

Re: Questions about Handler and Design...

[Roshan Weerasuriya <ro...@opensource.lk>]

hi,

>1. What is Handler good for? (Is it necessary?)

Handler are mainly to deal with SOAP Headers. i.e To process a incoming
SOAP Header, you can use a Handler. Have a look at the Handler samples
provided (the user guide mentions the locatoins of these samples etc).

>In fact, once i 
> implement Handlers, I suffer the problem of Apache 2.X took up 98 to 99% of CPU 
> resource, 

I am not sure about this.

>so is Handler necessary ? 
> and recommmended? ??

If you need to process a incoming SOAP Heder, you have to use a Handler.

>2. How do I encrypt my message? 

Axis C++ was talking about SSL suport and I think "Elrod" send a patch
for this some time back. But I think this is not tested and applied yet
to Axis C++, or it is having a problem, hense not applied to Axis C++.
This patch was for SSL supprot for Axis C++ client. If you are taling
about SSL support for Axis C++ Server I guess it can be done through
enabling Apache SSL support.

Roshan



On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 21:16, kim.hsieh@utoronto.ca wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   First of all, thanks for those who answered my previous questions concerning 
> the Axis and Apache set up problems.  
> 
>   Currently, I have just a few more questions
> 
> 1. What is Handler good for? (Is it necessary?)
>    Following the user guide provided on the Axis official website, it seems to 
> me that the Axis was performing just right without the Handler. In fact, once i 
> implement Handlers, I suffer the problem of Apache 2.X took up 98 to 99% of CPU 
> resource, thus the web service didn't work at all.  (so is Handler necessary ? 
> and recommmended? ??)
> 
> 2. How do I encrypt my message? 
>    I m planning to have MySQL runs on top of Axis. So people could querry the 
> database via Axis + Apache.  For the security reasons, I would like to encrypt 
> the message, maybe by sending the message through SSL.  Do I do this with 
> Apache? or Axis?
> 
> Thanks in advance for all the help,
> 
> Kim
>