Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 13:16:33 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Christopher Elkins <chrise@scardini.com> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Web services, Java, and FreeBSD questions Message-ID: <20020624131633.A32500@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <AE238EBE-86CE-11D6-B48A-0003936808BE@scardini.com>; from chrise@scardini.com on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 10:28:49AM -0700 References: <20020623134209.A23899@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <AE238EBE-86CE-11D6-B48A-0003936808BE@scardini.com>
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| Unless you have a specific desire to learn SOAP (the protocol, not the | Apache project of the same name), you might consider looking at XML-RPC I took a look at XML-RPC, and you are right, that seems to be just what I am looking for. I wanted the simplest way to build a web service, and it looks like that's what I need to do it. I also wanted to avoid running a full-blown Apache server just to make a few RPC calls. | My recommendation: get your feet wet with either Apache XML-RPC or | Apache | SOAP. Then, if you're still interested start learning JAXRPC. After looking at the comparison, I can see there is a rather steep learning curve to parts of SOAP, and also a lot more than I need for what I want to do. Can XML-RPC be made to work via http? For example, my university web account has a firewall that keeps my applets from contacting the servlets I've written. I'd like to be able to attach a web service (a very simple arithmetic calculator) to the URL for my web page. So, if my web page is www.foo.edu/~jcm, I'd like to be able to set up an XML-RPC web service on www.foo.edu/~jcm/calculator, without needing to run another full-blown webserver, which I don't think I'm allowed to do anyway. Is this feasible? jm -- My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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