• Web services Guide
• Preface
• Notices
  • Trademarks
• About this book
  • Who this book is for
  • What’s new?
    • VAST Platform 2023 (version 12.0.0)
  • Conventions used in this book
  • Tell us what you think
• Understanding Web services
  • Web services
  • Technologies Used
• Getting Started: Web services in 10 Minutes
  • Installing the Web services Feature
  • Creating a simple web service
  • Creating a Web service
  • Local Deployment
  • Remote Deployment
• Getting Started: Web services in an Hour
  • Creating a Web service
  • Deploying a Web service
    • Web Services Container
      • Example
  • Invoking a Web service
    • Explanation
    • Example Smalltalk Service
    • Invoking a third party service
• Getting Started: Web services in a Day
  • Using Document Literal Style
    • Creating a Web Service
      • XML File Generation
    • Deploying the Web Service In the Server Image
    • Invoking the Web Service from a Client Image
    • Summary
  • Using RPC Literal Style
  • Using RPC Encoded Style
  • Using RPC Encoded Style
  • Exchanging Complex Data in A Web Service
    • Creating the Web Service
      • XML File Generation
      • Modifications to XML files
        • Modification of the web service deployment descriptor
        • Modifying the Web Service Location
        • Refining Web Service Type Definitions
    • Deploying the Server Web Service
    • Invoking the Web Service
    • Summary
  • Using A Custom Handler in a Web Service with Complex Data Types
    • Creating The Web Service
      • Modifications to XML files
        • Modification of the web service deployment descriptor
        • Modifying the Web Service Location
        • Refining Web Service Type Definitions
    • Deploying the Server Web Service
    • Invoking a Web Service
    • Summary
• User Guide
  • Web services Platform Overview
    • Web services: All objects, all the time
    • Location Transparency
    • Smalltalk Language Semantics
    • Overview of the Web Services Container
  • Detailed Component Architecture & Advanced Concepts
    • The Container Framework
      • Working with a Container
      • Managers and Factories
      • Deployment Manager
        • Deployment Strategies
        • Message Context Factory
        • Handler Factory
      • The Manager Collection
        • WSActorManager
        • WSEngineFactory
        • WSPortManager
        • WSSerializationManager
        • WSServiceDefinitionsManager
        • WSServiceManager
    • Web Service Handlers and Message Processing
      • Web Service Message Processing Handlers
      • Transport Handlers
      • Serialization Handlers
      • Message Processing
      • Message Processing, A Sever Perspective
      • Soap Headers
      • Message Processing, A Client Perspective
      • Exception Processing
        • Custom Exception Processing
        • Errors During Exception Processing
      • Adding headers to extend message behavior
      • Modify WSDL to include header extension information
      • Add header elements using custom Web service handlers
      • Deployment Descriptors
      • Container Specific Deployment Information
      • Service Specific Deployment Information
      • Service Undeployment
    • Packaging a Web service
      • Building a Web services platform
      • Building a service image component
      • Packaging Web services clients
      • Packaging the Web services platform from an XD passive image
      • Packaging the Web services insurance example as a reusable image component (XD passive image)
      • Reduced runtime packaging
      • Runtime considerations
    • Deploying packaged Web services
      • System files
      • User files
      • Creating runtime deployment descriptor files
      • Modifying the .ini file for the Web services platform image
      • Starting the Web services platform
    • Processing Web Services Which use Soap 1.2 Extensions
    • Extending/ Customizing the Web service platform
      • Customizing SstWSService
      • Customizing the Container
      • Extending the container
      • Extending the deployment manager
      • Custom service handlers
      • Customizing serialization
      • Customizing deserialization (parsing)
      • Customizing encoding strategy
    • Samples
      • Insurance example
      • Modifying deployment files to customize service behavior
      • Renaming WSDL operations and messages
      • Defining custom schema types
      • Specifying types for WSDL messages
      • Specifying correct endpoint
      • Customizing the service deployment descriptor
      • The service description definition
      • Running the example
      • Starting the container
      • Creating the client container
      • Invoking an operation
      • Invoking a series of operations
      • Using SOAP arrays
      • Using WSDL to process SOAP Headers
      • Using custom handlers to process SOAP headers
      • Summary
      • Container Administration service
• Cookbook
  • Debugging Tips
    • Turning Off Exception Handling and Forwarding
    • Inspect Request/Response SOAP Envelopes during Client Web Service Invocation
    • Inspect Request/Response SOAP Envelopes during Server Request/Response Processing
    • Enable signaling of Mapping Parser Exceptions
    • Reset the Web Services Development Environment
  • How to Send a SOAP Response Using the SstHttpServer Example
  • Using Breakpoints
    • The SOAP envelope request
      • Where to stop in client
        • Calling getInfoForPolicy
        • Calling getInfoForPolicyWithVerification
      • Where to stop in server
        • Calling the web service operation
    • Deconstructing the SOAP envelope request
      • Server side deconstruction of request envelope
    • Construction of SOAP envelope response
      • Where to stop in client
        • Calling getInfoForPolicy
        • Calling getInfoForPolicyWithVerification
  • Deserializing XML data
    • Executing the Example Code
    • The Data
      • Smalltalk classes
      • XML Data
        • XML Dataset 1
        • XML Dataset 2
    • Dataset 1 Deserialization
      • Conversion without a Mapping Spec or Schema
      • Conversion Using a Mapping Spec
      • Conversion Using a Schema and a Mapping Spec
    • Dataset 2 Deserialization
      • Conversion without a Mapping Spec or Schema
      • Conversion Using a Mapping Spec
      • Conversion Using a Schema and a Mapping Spec
    • Summary
  • Creating a Secure Web Service
    • Modifications for Security
      • Security Files
      • Modification to WSDL
      • Modifications to the Transport Layer
        • Server
        • Client
    • Deploying the Web Service
    • Invoking the Web Service
    • Summary
  • How to Make Web Service Requests That Affect A User Interface
  • How to Create and Register A Custom SstTransport for A Secure Web Service
• Troubleshooting
  • WSDL and imported schemas using the document/literal or document/literal wrapped pattern are not serialized properly
    • Problem
    • Solution
  • An Element with a ref attribute referring to another namespace was serialized incorrectly in the SOAP Envelope
    • Problem
    • Solution
• Appendix A: Insurance Policy Example Workspace Code
  • XML and WSDL File Generation
  • Server Workspace Code
  • Client Workspace Code
  • Client Workspace Code: Policy Verification

Web services Guide

Web services Guide

Preface

Notices

Trademarks

About this book

Who this book is for

What’s new?

Conventions used in this book

Tell us what you think

Understanding Web services

Getting Started: Web services in 10 Minutes

Installing the Web services Feature

Creating a simple web service

Creating a Web service

Local Deployment

Remote Deployment

Getting Started: Web services in an Hour

Creating a Web service

Deploying a Web service

Invoking a Web service

Getting Started: Web services in a Day

Using Document Literal Style

XML File Generation

Deploying the Web Service In the Server Image

Using RPC Literal Style

Using RPC Encoded Style

Using RPC Encoded Style

Exchanging Complex Data in A Web Service

XML File Generation

Modifications to XML files

Deploying the Server Web Service

Invoking the Web Service

Summary

Using A Custom Handler in a Web Service with Complex Data Types

Modifications to XML files

Deploying the Server Web Service

Invoking a Web Service

Summary

User Guide

Web services Platform Overview

Web services: All objects, all the time

Location Transparency

Smalltalk Language Semantics

Overview of the Web Services Container

Detailed Component Architecture & Advanced Concepts

The Container Framework

Web Service Handlers and Message Processing

Packaging a Web service

Deploying packaged Web services

Processing Web Services Which use Soap 1.2 Extensions

Samples

Cookbook

Debugging Tips

How to Send a SOAP Response Using the SstHttpServer Example

Using Breakpoints

The SOAP envelope request

Deconstructing the SOAP envelope request

Construction of SOAP envelope response

Deserializing XML data

Creating a Secure Web Service

How to Make Web Service Requests That Affect A User Interface

How to Create and Register A Custom SstTransport for A Secure Web Service

Troubleshooting

WSDL and imported schemas using the document/literal or document/literal wrapped pattern are not serialized properly

An Element with a ref attribute referring to another namespace was serialized incorrectly in the SOAP Envelope

Appendix A: Insurance Policy Example Workspace Code

XML and WSDL File Generation

Server Workspace Code

Client Workspace Code

Client Workspace Code: Policy Verification