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Web Services

Web Services

§ Are software components that provide well-defined


units of application functionality
§ Are typically made available on Web servers
§ Are independent of the client’s platform, operating
system, and programming language
§ Use message-based communication as opposed to
remote invocation
§ Have published descriptions of the interface
§ Allows clients to import the descriptions that specify
the structure of the invoking and response messages
Web Services Continued

§ Are based on industry standards and protocols such


as:
§ XML for representing the messages
§ Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) for formatting
the message
§ Web Services Description Language (WSDL) for
describing the service
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

§ Is a message-based protocol for exchanging data


among applications
§ Is based on XML
§ Is transport layer–independent
§ Web services typically use HTTP
§ Is used in Web services to format the message to
the service and the response from the service
SOAP Message

§ Is an XML document
with the following
required elements
§ SOAP Envelope
§ SOAP Body
§ Contains the request or
response message
§ May also contain an
optional SOAP Header
element
§ Can be used to convey
credentials and other
security information
SOAP Message Continued

§ Example: SOAP messages


Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Document

§ Is a document in XML that describes for a Web


service:
§ What the service does (the operations and their inputs
and outputs)
§ How to compose the request message
§ How and where to send the message
§ Provides details on how clients interact with the Web
service
Components of a WSDL File

§ Type

§ Message

§ PortType

§ Binding

§ Service
Types

§ Consists of definitions of the data structures used in


request and response messages
§ Are expressed in the form of XSDs
§ May import external XSD files
Message

§ Consists of definitions of the structure of the request


and reply message for each operation
§ The part element specifies the data contained in the
message
§ Might also reference a fault message
PortType

§ Consists of definitions of one or more operations


associated with the Web service
§ Specifies the request and response message
associated with each operation
§ Might include a fault message
Binding

§ Consists of the specification of how the service is


accessed
§ Transport to be used
§ Message invocation style (RPC or document)
Binding Continued

§ RPC invocation specifies a message style that


references the names and types of the inputs and
outputs of the method
§ Resembles a remote procedure call
§ Reduces the overhead of processing the Web service
call
§ Document invocation specifies a more abstract
message structure
§ Types are abstract and are defined in the types
element
§ Is not as coupled to the actual method implementation
§ Better encapsulates the implementation and allows for
modification of the implementation without affecting the
Web service calls
Service

§ Consists of a specification of:


§ The actual Web location of the service
§ The previously-defined binding(s)
§ Associates the definition of the service with an actual
implementation

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