The web services architecture provides a new way to think about and
implement application-to-application integration and interoperability
that makes the development platform irrelevant. Two applications,
regardless of operating system, programming language, or any other
technical implementation detail, communicate using XML messages over
open Internet protocols such as HTTP or SMTP. The Simple Open Access
Protocol (SOAP) is a specification that details how to encode that
information and has become the messaging protocol of choice for Web
services.Programming Web Services with SOAP is a detailed guide to
using SOAP and other leading web services standards--WSDL (Web Service
Description Language), and UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and
Integration protocol). You'll learn the concepts of the web services
architecture and get practical advice on building and deploying web
services in the enterprise.This authoritative book decodes the
standards, explaining the concepts and implementation in a clear,
concise style. You'll also learn about the major toolkits for building
and deploying web services. Examples in Java, Perl, C#, and Visual Basic
illustrate the principles. Significant applications developed using Java
and Perl on the Apache Tomcat web platform address real issues such as
security, debugging, and interoperability.Covered topic areas include:
Programming Web Services with SOAP provides you with all the
information on the standards, protocols, and toolkits you'll need to
integrate information services with SOAP. You'll find a solid core of
information that will help you develop individual Web services or
discover new ways to integrate core business processes across an
enterprise.
