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.NET Web Services: Architecture and Implementation
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.NET Web Services: Architecture and Implementation

by Keith Ballinger
February 2003
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
6h 1m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 10. Describing Web Services

When it comes to building a Web service, the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) is the most popular option for describing Web services. WSDL is the XML-based language for describing Web services.

Requirements for Describing Web Services

It is possible to implement Web services in a variety of ways. For example, to send a message correctly, you need to know the following:

  • The IP address and other endpoint information

  • If using HTTP, the SOAPAction

  • The allowable set of messages (called operations) that the service supports

  • The schema (and possibly the SOAPAction) for the request message of each operation

  • The response schema to expect if there is a response

  • Any possible headers that may be expected in the request ...

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