
246 WebSphere and .Net Interoperability Using Web Services
11.4 XML schema data types as common denominator
Implementation interoperability between Microsoft .Net and WebSphere Web
services require that we understand the automatic conversion of data types in
both environments. Microsoft .Net may represent data types differently than
WebSphere. However, XML data types, validated by the XSD (XML Schema),
are used as the common denominator. Microsoft .Net converts its data types to
XML data types before sending the SOAP message to WebSphere. When
WebSphere receives the message, it converts the message from XML back to
WebSphere Java data types. ...