Chapter 18
Document Literal Interfaces
The SOA loose-coupling principle becomes a critical consideration for the service interface design. The exchange of messages to represent and comply with the service interface is a fundamental servicing approach. However, within those messages, there are different structural designs that comply with the loose-coupling principle and those that are in violation. The two most common structural forms for a message are RPC style and document literal.
An RPC-style message structure and operations represent a parameter and data-driven approach. The RPC style is perhaps the most simple to design and understand as it is analogous to parameter passing between applications. When a consumer sends a request message to ...
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