RE: Initiating SOAP Request from RPG Using Sockets

Thanks for the response (I guess)...I'll try to be more professional in
mine:

Yes, I'm very well aware of that there are plenty of easy ways to do
this in Java, I am J2EE engineer.  I'm writing this on behalf of some
folks in our OMS group which is comprised of RPG developers and the
director of that group would like to keep it RPG if possible so not to
introduce a learning curve in a critical point within the project.    

Additionally, if you invoke the Java class from your transactional RPG
application by prototyping the method, you're creating a new JVM every
time you invoke it, thereby decreasing your performance on a system that
can ill-afford to be maxed out.



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[mailto:java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walden H. Leverich
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 3:35 PM
To: Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400
Subject: RE: Initiating SOAP Request from RPG Using Sockets

>We are attempting to build this SOAP message on-the-fly, 
>piecing it together as a String. 

I'm attempting to get from NY to LA w/my mule and covered-wagon, can
anyone help me? 

Sorry, I'm not trying to be a jerk, but sometimes I wonder why anyone
would even try something like this when there are perfectly good (and
simple) ways to do it in Java? Just call the appropriate Java object
from w/in your RPG program. Oh, and before you say "I don't know Java"
I'd guess you didn't know the SOAP protocol before you started this
task. 

RPG is great for some (many) things. But spending time trying to
implement a web-service requester from w/in RPG seems to be a giant
waste of time. 

-Walden

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