I quickly read through the specs of that protocol [1]. To summarize: it doesn't use the standard SOAP/HTTP binding, but it uses a particular binding where the HTTP server sends requests to the HTTP client and the client responds to the HTTP server in the next HTTP request (i.e. the HTTP request-response flow is opposite to the SOAP request-response flow). I guess that an empty HTTP post is used to initiate the communication, i.e. to allow the HTTP server to send the first request.
[1] http://www.broadband-forum.org/technical/download/TR-069Amendment1.pdf On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 23:18, Martin Gainty <[email protected]> wrote: > which scenariors would you want to transmit a 0 length request to a > WebService > ? > > Martin > ______________________________________________ > Disclaimer and confidentiality note > Everything in this e-mail and any attachments relates to the official > business of Sender. This transmission is of a confidential nature and Sender > does not endorse distribution to any party other than intended recipient. > Sender does not necessarily endorse content contained within this > transmission. > > > > > ________________________________ > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 22:30:13 +0100 > Subject: Empty HTTP POST AXIOM > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Hello, > > I'm having problems parsing HTTP POST messages with the AXIOM parser. When > the POST messages have a content-length of 0 the parser throws an exception > and the server sends a 500 response. Is there any way to resolve this > behavior ? > > Kind regards, > > Wiebren > ________________________________ > Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. Find out > more.
