Converting RPC/encoded services to WS-I compliant services

[Sameer Pradhan]

Hi everyone,



I have some webservices implemented in java and deployed in AXIS. These are
deployed as RPC/encoded services. We have a new requirement to make all
webservices WS-I compliant. The ones I referred above are not WS-I compliant
because RPC/encoded is not allowed in WS-I Basic Profile.



I need help to evaluate my options:



1. Switch to RPC/literal services. Is this advisable? The services use
soap-encoded arrays of objects and xsd:strings. Can these be supported in
rpc/literal services? Where can I find documentation/instructions on how to
set up rpc/literal services in AXIS?



2. Switch to document style services. Is this a better option? If so, why?
Would I need to rewrite the implementation? Again, where can I find
documentation/instructions on how to set up document style services in AXIS?



Any other options?



Any help will be appreciated.



Sameer

[Anne Thomas Manes]

Switch to "WRAPPED" style. It produces document/literal services, and
yet it supports the same programming model as rpc/encoded. You will
need to convert your soap encoding arrays to literal arrays, but that
should happen automatically for you if you simply regen your wsdl
using java2wsdl. Some tweaking may be required. The same tweaking
would also be required if you switched to RPC/literal, but WRAPPED
gives you must better interop with other environments -- especially
.NET (which doesn't support rpc/literal).

Anne

Post by Sameer Pradhan
Hi everyone,
I have some webservices implemented in java and deployed in AXIS. These are
deployed as RPC/encoded services. We have a new requirement to make all
webservices WS-I compliant. The ones I referred above are not WS-I compliant
because RPC/encoded is not allowed in WS-I Basic Profile.
1. Switch to RPC/literal services. Is this advisable? The services use
soap-encoded arrays of objects and xsd:strings. Can these be supported in
rpc/literal services? Where can I find documentation/instructions on how to
set up rpc/literal services in AXIS?
2. Switch to document style services. Is this a better option? If so, why?
Would I need to rewrite the implementation? Again, where can I find
documentation/instructions on how to set up document style services in AXIS?
Any other options?
Any help will be appreciated.
Sameer