Programming Web Services with XML-RPC
Creating Web Application Gateways
Published on 31. July 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-596-00119-3 (ISBN)
Description
This text introduces the simple but powerful capabilities of XML-RPC, a system for remote procedure calls built on XML and the HTTP protocol. XML-RPC lets developers connect programs running on different computers with a minimum of fuss, by wrapping procedure calls in XML and establishing simple pathways for calling functions. With XML-RPC, Java programs can talk to Perl scripts, which can talk to Python programs, ASP applications, and so on. Developers can provide access to functionality without having to worry about the system on the other end, so it's easy to create Web services. This book supplies the details of both the XML-RPC specification and various XML-RPC implementations, so you can get started developing distributed applications in Java, Perl, Python, ASP, or PHP.
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'This is a good book and, if this is an area of programming that interests you, simply buy a copy and save yourself hours of trial and error.' - Mike James, Computer Shopper, October 2001More details
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Persons
Simon St. Laurent is a web developer, network administrator, computer book author, and XML troublemaker living in Ithaca, NY. His books include XML: A Primer, XML Elements of Style, Building XML Applications, Cookies, and Sharing Bandwidth. He is a contributing editor to XMLhack.com and an occasional contributor to XML.com. Joe Johnston is a software engineer at O'Reilly & Associates. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts in Boston with a B.A. in computer science, he is a teacher, web designer, and author of articles for Perl Journal, Perl.com, and IBM's DeveloperWorks. Joe helps maintain the ASP XML-RPC library and wrote the Perl module Frontier::Responder.pm. Edd Dumbill is managing editor of XML.com, part of the O'Reilly Network, and founding editor of XMLhack.com, a daily news site for XML developers. He maintains the XML-RPC support classes for the PHP scripting language. Edd lives in York, England.
Content
Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction What XML-RPC Does Where XML-RPC Excels A Quick Tour of the Minefields. 2. The XML-RPC Protocol Choreography Data Types Request Format Response Format The Nil Value A DTD for XML-RPC. 3. Client-Server Communication: XML-RPC in Java Why XML-RPC for Java? The XML-RPC Java Library Building XML-RPC Clients Building XML-RPC Servers Creating XML-RPC Handlers Three Practical Examples Moving Toward Cross-Platform Peer-to-Peer. 4. XML-RPC and Perl Perl's Implementation of XML-RPC Data Types XML-RPC Clients XML-RPC Servers Integrating XML-RPC into a Web Server. 5. Integrating Web Applications: XML-RPC in PHP Getting the XML-RPC Library for PHP Understanding the Client Classes Mapping Data Between PHP and XML-RPC Invoking Methods Building XML-RPC Servers in PHP Connecting Web Applications What PHP and XML-RPC Can Do. 6. XML-RPC and Python Python Implementations of XML-RPC Installing PythonWare XML-RPC Data Types XML-RPC Clients XML-RPC Servers Integrating XML-RPC into a Web Server Using Zope as an XML-RPC Server. 7. Bridging XML-RPC and COM: XML-RPC in ASP Using XML-RPC with ASP Making Active Server Pages More Active Data Types and the API Building an Address Book Web Service with ASP Talking to MS Access from Linux An XML-RPC Client in ASP Creating a Window to Linux Connections and Caveats. 8. XML-RPC and the Web Services Landscape The Web Services Vision Public XML-RPC Services Design Considerations for Any XML-RPC Application Beyond XML-RPC Protocol Design Choices XML-RPC and Web Services. A. The XML You Need for XML-RPC B. The HTTP You Need for XML-RPC Index