Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question

2003-12-11 Thread Heath Ryan
- From: Rory F. Becker To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12/11/2003 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question > Second, why should your parameters be expressed in xml? > You say for future extension, so your clients do not > have to change their api. > > But

Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question

2003-12-11 Thread Rahul Singh (Anant Systems, Inc.)
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rahul Singh > (Anant Systems, Inc.) > Sent: 10 December 2003 20:26 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question > > > Accountname could be replaced with string xmlCredentials, otherwise you > should

Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question

2003-12-11 Thread Seref Arikan
ing a balance between a stable and flexible interface. Best regards. -Original Message- From: Moderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Heath Ryan Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Se

Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question

2003-12-11 Thread Rory F. Becker
> Second, why should your parameters be expressed in xml? > You say for future extension, so your clients do not > have to change their api. > > But this assumption is not valid, IMO. > Your clients will still need to program > if they want to use your new features. However they will not have to

Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question

2003-12-11 Thread Heath Ryan
Hi, First, I am not a web service professional. Second, why should your parameters be expressed in xml? You say for future extension, so your clients do not have to change their api. But this assumption is not valid, IMO. Your clients will still need to program if they want to use your new feat

Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question

2003-12-11 Thread Martijn de Haas
Instead of using a string as argument for you methods, why don't you create classes that represents XML structure. Read about XML serialization for this matter (MSISDN, index item: XML serialization) === This list is hosted by DevelopMentorĀ® http://www.develop.com

Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question

2003-12-11 Thread Rob MacFadyen
ystems, Inc.) > Sent: 10 December 2003 20:26 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question > > > Accountname could be replaced with string xmlCredentials, otherwise you > should consider some other security mechanism > > Your set

Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question

2003-12-11 Thread Michael J Kaye
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Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question

2003-12-11 Thread Thomas Tomiczek
MAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > John St. Clair > Sent: Donnerstag, 11. Dezember 2003 09:34 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question > > Isn't ISBN unique enough? > > John > > ==

Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question

2003-12-11 Thread Rahul Singh (Anant Systems, Inc.)
Accountname could be replaced with string xmlCredentials, otherwise you should consider some other security mechanism Your set of methods are very similar to how the MetawebLog API works ( http://www.xmlrpc.com/metaWeblogApi ) The metaweblogapi however deals with a lot of individual edits,adds,ge

Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service Design Question

2003-12-11 Thread John St. Clair
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