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Herong's Tutorial Notes on Web Service and SOAP

Version 2.11

Dr. Herong Yang

Copyright © 2002 - 2006 by Dr. Herong Yang. All rights reserved.

Table of Contents

About This Book

Terminology

• Web Service Terminology

Introduction Web Service

• What Is a Web Service?
• Web Service Related Technologies

Introduction SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)

• What Is SOAP?
• SOAP Communication Example

SOAP Message Structure

• SOAP Message Structure
• SOAP Fault Message

SOAP Message Transmission and Processing

• SOAP Protocol Binding
• SOAP Distributed Processing Model
• SOAP Features
• SOAP Modules

SOAP Data Model

• What Is SOAP Data Model?

SOAP Encoding

• What Is SOAP Encoding?
• Multiple References and Circular References
• Node Types
• Using SOAP Encoding in SOAP Messages

SOAP RPC Presentation

• What is SOAP RPC Presentation?
• Using Web Methods to Invoke RPC
• Using SOAP Messages to Invoke RPC
• RPC Response Messages

SOAP Properties Model

• What Is SOAP Properties Model?

SOAP Message Exchange Patterns

• What Are SOAP Message Exchange Patterns?
• Request-Response Message Exchange Pattern
• Response Message Exchange Pattern
• Web Method Feature
• SOAP Action Feature

SOAP HTTP Binding

• What Is SOAP HTTP Binding?

SOAP Perl Implementations

• Perl Implementations of SOAP
• SOAP::Lite for Perl on Windows
• Installing ActivePerl v5.8.7 on Windows
• SOAP::Lite 0.55 in ActivePerl 5.8.7

SOAP PHP Implementations

• PHP Implementations of SOAP
• Checking My PHP Installation on Windows
• Installing SOAP Library on Windows

SOAP Java Implementations

• Java Implementations of SOAP
• Axis Installation Requirements on Windows
• Installing Axis 1.2.1 on Windows
• Installing JAF 1.0.2

PHP SOAP Extension

• What Is PHP SOAP Extension?
• GetTemp.php - First Example with SOAP
• PHP SOAP Extension Functions for Client Applications
• GetTempDump.php - Dumping Debugging Information
• Whis Is WSDL?
• Using SOAP Extension in non-WDSL Mode

PHP SOAP Extension - Server Applications

• PHP SOAP Extension Functions for Server Applications
• HelloServer.php - First SOAP Server Application
• HelloServer12.php - SOAP 1.2 Server Application
• HelloServerWsdl.php - SOAP 1.2 Server Application in WSDL Mode

References

Key Words: ActivePerl, Axis, book, Binding, Data Model, Encoding, example, free, HTTP, Java, Message, Message Exchange Patterns, NuSOAP, online, PEAR, PHP, Properties, RPC, SOA, SOAP, SOAP 1.2, SOAP Extension, SOAP::Lite, tutorial, UDDI, Web Method, Web service, WSDL