Hi
Z, A, B, C, D and E are java classes. a, b, c, d and e are instances of A, B, C, D, E
respectively. Classes Z, A, B, C, D and E have various functions, which could be used
for various purposes. consider the code below, which shows how to use a function
"getE" of class E.
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A a = Z.getA(some parameters - p1) // getA is static function
B b = a.getB(some parameters - p2)
C c = b.getC(some parameters - p3)
D d = c.getD(some parameters - p4)
E e = d.getE(some parameters - p5)
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Now if I wish to expose such a program as a WebService, then I cann't do this "as is"
because SOAP does not support passing objects by references. Thus, I cannot expose
"getA" function as WebService, as it returns instance of class A, which inturn has
functions, which return other objects (like b)
Thus AFAIK, we have to expose a single function "getE", which in turn will do all the
stuff, i.e.,
getE(p1, p2, p3, p4, p5) {
A a = Z.getA(p1) // getA is static function
B b = a.getB(p2)
C c = b.getC( p3)
D d = c.getD(p4)
E e = d.getE(p5)
return e;
}
Is there a better way out? Or this is the only way to expose such existing SDKs as Web
Services?
thanks & regards,
Naresh Agarwal
