Nikola, >From my point of view the big reason would be it will make Axis2/C available to more platforms....
Nadir Amra Nikola Tankovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/03/2008 04:56:17 AM: > I probably didn't get the whole picture here, but why is there a need > for CGI module for handling axis web service calls, when there is > already a mod_axis2 module for apache available? Could someone explain > this to me in detail? It may sound like a stupid question to you but to > me its little confusing :) > > Nandika Jayawardana wrote: > > Hi nikola, > > > > Axis2c is a Web Services engine that supports SOAP and REST. It > > already has modules for > > Apache2 and IIS. This is how it works. Consider the scenario of > > Axis2/c httpd module. > > When a web service request comes to httpd for Axis2/C, it would have > > its endpoint url as > > http://<domain>/axis2/services/<service name>. So the Axis2/c httpd > > module (mod_axis2) accepts all > > the requests that have /axis2/ in its url after the domain. Same thing > > happens with the IIS module. > > So in case of implementing the CGI module, what is necessary is to > > write an executable, that would > > handle such requests properly using Axis2/C engine. I guess, ones > > implemented, it would be possible to deploy it in both > > Apache and IIS. In this executable, you need to extract the relevant > > http headers and the content, > > pass that information to Axis2/c engine so that the request is handled > > properly. > > > > I guess a good starting point is to download and deploy axis2c with > > httpd, then use the tcpmon tool [1] > > to have a look at the http requests and responses exchanged between > > the client and the server. > > This should give you a good idea of what needs to be done. > > > > If you are interested in doing the project, I would like to help you. > > > > Regards > > Nandika > > > > [1] http://ws.apache.org/commons/tcpmon/ > > > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Nikola Tankovic > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hy, > >> > >> I'm a Faculty of Computing from Croatia, fourth year, and I may be > >> interested in taking this project (Axis/C - Integrate Axis2/C to Apache > >> http server through CGI), so my question is who do I contact regarding > >> the details on this project because it doesn't have any mentors assigned. > >> > >> Thank you for your response! > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
