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Updated: 9/1/2002; 7:02:21 PM.
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Wednesday, February 06, 2002 |
Ken Hagler chains xmlrpc and soap to get a stockquote. Cool! Though perhaps it is worth pointing out that if the macro is placed in the Macros folder instead of the WebServices folder, it can be directly invoked, thus:
<% getQuote("SYMC") %>
7:22:34 PM 
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It looks like Radio is another one of those keywords that automatically get transformed into - *cough* smart tags *cough* - sponsored links. Changed my Axis/Radio interop to use "xdq" instead. Note to readers: this essay is not quite complete yet. Check back Friday. You'll know when it is done when it appears on the left hand side of this page.
1:21:31 PM
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Success!
[Macro error: Poorly formed XML text, string constant is improperly formatted. (At character #421.)]
Want to see how I did it?
Time to eat my words. It took me a while to find the right documentation (even though it was right under my nose), but for those who need all the extra knobs, everything seems to be there. So Radio meets my criteria for a good language in that it makes simple things simple and difficult things possible.
12:09:47 PM
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The Axis interop endpoint is back up. It was down for a few days due to a nasty classloader issue. For those interested in how this works behind the scenes, the absolute latest code of pretty much everything is checked out and built together. If the build is successful for the pieces relevant for Apache SOAP and Axis (e.g., Tomcat, Xerces2, Wsdl4j), then the server is brought down, the code is completely refreshed, the services are redeployed, and a Perl script is run which publishes the results. This provides us as well as any of the other SOAP vendors with daily feedback.
9:03:01 AM
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Simon Fell is understandably cynical about the ws-interop efforts [by the way, that's a link that I haven't seen others pick up on yet]. For my part, my message will be consistent: if interoperability is what you want, first look here. Pick a server from the first table, pick a client from the second table, and look at the results before you proceed. It will save you a lot of headaches.
8:32:53 AM
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