> There is a more basic problem here.... > Actually generally web-services architecture doesnt have a notion of session > maintenance. > so calling 'open' before 'action' sort of doesnt make sense in case of > web-services.
The SOAP protocol doesn't yet have such a concept, however an application could certainly layer this on top. Like building 'state' into HTTP - which is basically stateless ... I suspect as more complex webservices get developed and deployed, this will become more relevant .. -john
