Hi,
Does Axis2 support WS-Polling (http://www.w3.org/Submission/ws-polling/)?
Or some similar mechanism for one-way HTTP connections?
For those unfamiliar with WS-Polling, please note it's not
"Callback.isComplete() polling"...
WS-Polling means that when a service finishes calculating a response, it
doesn't send it back to the client, but rather stores it on the server machine,
until the client asks (polls) for it, using a dedicated protocol.
That's low-level control on the way/timing responses travel on the wire - as
opposed to "Callback.isComplete()" which is an abstract API that assumes
nothing about the underlying connection management (we would be glad if this
API could transparently use WS-Polling behind the scenes).
We became interested in WS-Polling after eliminating some other options:
- WS-ReliableMessaging is an overkill for us: our messages are not critical,
and don't need reliability.
- WS-Addressing with <ReplyTo> is problematic because our clients are not
allowed to open a ServerSocket.
Thanks very much.
