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Preface



1. Introduction

RPC and Message-Oriented Distributed Systems

Self-Describing Data

XML

API Specs Versus Wire-Level Specs

Overview of SOAP

SOAP Implementations

The Approach

Getting Started



2. The SOAP Message

The HTTP Binding

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

The SOAP Envelope

The Envelope Element

The Header Element

The actor Attribute

The mustUnderstand Attribute

The encodingStyle Attribute

Envelope Versioning

The Body Element

SOAP Faults



3. SOAP Data Encoding

Schemas and Namespaces

Serialization Rules

Indicating Type

Default Values

The SOAP Root Attribute



4. RPC-Style Services

SOAP RPC Elements

A Simple Service

Deploying the Service

Writing Service Clients

Deploying with Request-Level Scope

Deploying with Session-Level Scope

Passing Parameters



5. Working with Complex Data Types

Passing Arrays as Parameters

Returning Arrays

Passing Custom Types as Parameters

Returning Custom Types



6. Custom Serialization

Custom Type Encoding



7. Faults and Exceptions

Throwing Server-Side Exceptions in Apache SOAP

Creating a Fault Listener in Apache SOAP

Throwing and Catching Exceptions in GLUE



8. Alternative Techniques

SOAP Messaging

Literal Encoding



9. SOAP Interoperability and WSDL

Web Services Definition Language

Calling a GLUE Service from an Apache SOAP Client

A Proxy Service Using Apache SOAP

Calling an Apache SOAP Service from a GLUE Client

Accessing .NET Services

Writing an Apache Axis Client



10. SOAP Headers

Apache SOAP Providers and Routers

Replacing the Provider and Router Classes

An Apache SOAP Service That Handles SOAP Headers



11. JAX-RPC and JAXM

JAX-RPC

Working Without Ant

Creating a JAX-RPC Service

Creating a JAX-RPC Client

Generating Stubs from WSDL

Dynamic Invocation Interface

JAXM, in Less Than a Nutshell

What Next?



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