Re: RPG as Web service

["Syd Nicholson" <sydnic@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nathan,

IceBreak does comply with "Web Services" and implements services like SOAP, 
XML, etc. It is a simple matter to create SOAP, XML, etc. with RPG in 
IceBreak. It is not limited to the HTTP protocol.

I am not sure what WSDL files are, I've never to used them - I will need to 
check with the IceBreak manufacturers if this is included in Icebreak. 
Perhaps if thy are monitoring this thread they can reply!.

Syd


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Andelin" <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries" <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [WEB400] RPG as Web service


> > From: Dr Syd Nicholson
> > The web service(s) I have created in IceBreak work very well and
> > very fast ...
>
>
> I appreciate your endorsement of IceBreak, but it still sounds like you 
> and I are out of sync, regarding what constitutes a web service.  And that 
> seems to be a common problem.  The term "web service" seems to be applied 
> overly broadly to any process that makes HTTP requests, or generates HTTP 
> responses.  But the standards bodies try to limit the term to more 
> specific protocols, using WSDL files, SOAP messages, and XML, etc.
>
> Actually, I don't understand web services protocol that well, myself.  I 
> think Aaron Bartell and Scott Klement understand it a lot better than I, 
> for example.  Perhaps like you, I'm much more familiar with HTTP protocol, 
> where data is exchanged using little more than &name=value pairs, and 
> prefaced by HTTP request or response headers.
>
> For the sake of this discussion, I'd suggest that we stick to web services 
> that implement WSDL, SOAP, XML, specifications, etc.  Does IceBreak 
> generate or consume WSDL files, for example?  Have the folks who created 
> IceBreak written anything to consume Web services?
>
> Nathan.
>
>
>
>
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