try google.com and type SOAP.
It will lead to a host of helpful SOAP (and soap making ) sites and to a
link to the actual spec.
If you're new then the actual SOAP 1.1 spec is unlikely to be the best place
to start.
----- Original Message -----
From: "vali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 3:02 AM
Subject: where soap-spec available?
I'm new to SOAP tech. can any one tell me from where i can download
soap-spec?
-----Original Message-----
From: Oliver Rettig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 2:03 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Generic Compound Type?
Hi Michael,
> I'd like to use a generic compound type, as it is described in the
> Soap-Spec in chapter 5.4.3.
> But I have no idea what has to be done, to use it. I even don't know if
> Apache supports it.
>
> Does anyone tried it out and has a code snipplet from a client and the
> web-service method?
> How do I deploy it? Do I need a schema?
>
> I would like to use a generic compound type because I have a generic
> method that takes 0 to n Parameters of different simple types.
>
> In Java I would use a Hashtable as single parameter that would contain
> all parameters inside. Because the Hashtable-type is not part of the
> Soap-Spec I can't use it, otherwise I would loose compatibility to other
> implementation.
I had the same problem and I had solved it by using a Properties Objekt
instead a Hashtable. The Properties-Objekt has Methods for writing all in a
File or something like this and I write all in a String and than I use
simple String as parameter or result-value instead of Hashtable.
Itīs not a really good way but it works find and you donīt need a lot of
time for implementation. The nices way should be to write
serializers/deserializers for your client.
Hope that helps you
Oliver
