Re: 1.2 Http Get Binding...

Bob Cunnings <[email protected]> Mon, 30 Dec 2002 09:29:15 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.windows.devel.soap.general
Organization Lectrosonics, Inc.
Message-ID <3E1011EA.346.13CE6A@localhost>
FWIW I've got an experimental SOAP 1.2 "Web method" service
running at the White Mesa site. The details are found in this post
to the soapbuilders' list:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soapbuilders/message/8949

No query strings.

RC

> On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 12:24:07PM -0600, Sievert, James A wrote:
> > I've been trying to figure out exactly what a SOAP 1.2 HTTP-GET request
> > might look like.  So far, I've seen several examples.  What's not clear from
> > any of these examples is how the query string is used.
> >
> > >From [1] we have the following example:
> >
> > GET /travelcompany.example.org/reservations?code=FT35ZBQ
> >
> > What document defines the actual specification for the format of the GET
> > binding?  It hasn't exactly jumped out at me from the various SOAP 1.2
> > documents.  For example, if the target resource requires multiple
> > parameters, how is that represented in the query string?
>
> The URI is opaque from a SOAP POV; query strings, etc.. don't enter into
> the equation.  You just invoke GET on it as you would any URI.  The SOAP
> 1.2 GET binding just describes how a SOAP envelope is returned.
>
> What it sounds like you're looking to do, there isn't a standard for yet.
>
> And FWIW, don't expect GET to fit nicely into how you may have been
> using SOAP 1.1.  It's support in SOAP 1.2 has profound architectural
> implications that have yet to be appreciated by most.  In a nutshell,
> if you've been putting a method/operation in the SOAP envelope over
> HTTP, then you've been using SOAP "incorrectly" (at least from the
> POV that says that GET support in SOAP is "good").
>
> MB
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