Scott Seely

As a developer (or potential developer) of Web services, sooner or later you are going to wonder just how you might be able to reduce the interoperability issues you see. If you work with Apache Axis or Apache SOAP 2.x, you will see this problem when sending a java.lang.Hashtable to a Microsoft technology-based Web service. Similarly, creators of Microsoft ASP.NET Web services express confusion when sending a System.Data.DataSet to a non-Microsoft endpoint. The bad news here is that the developer of the Web service may have actually thought they were creating an interoperable solution. In this look at building interoperable Web services, the following items will be covered: Interoperability efforts: Understand what work is being done to make your job as a developer easier Best practices: Understand what you can do as a Web service creator to make it easier to use ... (more)