RE: soap specifics

>Deploy an RPG application as Web Service provider
There is a three part bummer about how this is implemented.  

One, it is front ended with auto-generated Java which means when it breaks an 
RPG shop will have to have Java knowledge not to mention the addition of Java 
change management on top of your traditional RPG objects. 

Two, to make the call to the RPG program PCML will most likely be used, and 
unless they have changed it from when I used it last there are some annoying 
limitations (i.e. a max of 7 parms can be used, the return parm is integer 
only, dates and timestamp data types are not supported). If someone knows that 
these limitations have lifted please correct.

Three, the above makes zero use of the new XML features built into the RPG 
compiler.


>Enable an RPG application as a requester to a Web Service
I would be interested to see some code on how they did this. Jon and Susan, any 
chance a there will be a modified "Who Knew You Could Do That with RPGIV" 
coming out soon? :-)


Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog


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Subject: soap specifics

Jon mentioned something about soap specifics.  From the presentation at 
http://www.iseriesnetwork.com/webcasts/webcastsupportmaterials/IBMSystemi5.pdf

I saw
Integrating SOA Web Services and RPG
􀂃 Deploy an RPG application as Web Service provider – Make your core 
applications available to others as a Web service – Uses SOAP engine in 
WebSphere Application Server and a Java wrapper to the RPG application – With 
V5R4, a new wizard in WDSC generates a Web service from RPG source in a single 
step
􀂃 Enable an RPG application as a requester to a Web Service – Link your core 
applications to Web applications and services provided by others – With V5R4 
XML Toolkit now provides open APIs based on Apache AXIS to connect RPG out to a 
Web service

Not very specific, but that may be because of my ignorance in this part of the 
technology.

Rob Berendt
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