Forgot to mention, AXIS has a stand alone server (that allows you to use it without a Servlet Container), and I suppose you could try to integrate it into your clients. Dunno much about this, the people inhere are saying that in fact was build more for testing purposes... you should ask (or check) more on this...
dovle > Hi, > > Have you considered the next posibility that will avoid implementing an > HttpListener on your client: the client could call, from time to time, the > server to check if there are some events for it. > > It could be a little troubling because might be too much net traffic but... > > On clientside, you should use the save tool as the server (for example > axis) because you will be shure you will not have any interop problems. > :o))) > > But axis is 'quite' big and I could sugest you some smaller clients (only > clients!!!) for example ksoap :o))) It's smaller, works fast enough (i > think) but you will need some patience in order to use it. :o))) > > (It seems that I am a big kSoap fan, sorry if I mention this product > alot...). > > Hope it helps but wait for some more qualified people to say their > oppinion. dovle > > > I am going to implements Webservices which will be sending notification > > messages to their client. > > The major issue is that it is required for the clients to be simple > > non-servlet-based applications. > > > > I am thinking of implementing a simple web-server (http listener) > > which will receive, parse and process XML messages sent by the server as > > standard SOAP calls. > > > > Is there any standard already implemented solution for this approach? > > Can be apache axis/apache soap adopted to be used on the client's side? > > > > > > Thanks! > > Alexey.