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Web Services Essentials
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Web Services Essentials

by Ethan Cerami
February 2002
Beginner
308 pages
8h 39m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Why XML-RPC?

In a programming universe seemingly obsessed with objects, XML-RPC may seem too limited for many applications. While XML-RPC certainly has limitations, its inherent simplicity gives it some significant advantages when developers need to integrate systems of very different types. XML-RPC’s selection of data types is relatively small, but provides enough granularity that developers can express information in forms any programming language can use.

XML-RPC is used in two main areas, which overlap at times. Systems integrators and programmers building distributed systems often use XML-RPC as glue code, connecting disparate parts inside a private network. By using XML-RPC, developers can focus on the interfaces between systems, not the protocol used to connect those interfaces. Developers building public services can also use XML-RPC, defining an interface and implementing it in the language of their choice. Once that service is published to the Web, any XML-RPC-capable client can connect to that service, and developers can create their own applications that use that service.

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