Building Blocks, by Murali Janakiraman
WSJ Vol 02 Issue 07 - pg.36

	


Listing 1:   Simple WSDL grammar

<definitions name="StockQuote"  >

  <!...Assumes GetLastTradePrice is defined in XMLSchema  ...>
  <message name="GetLastTradePriceRequest">
    <part name="body" element="xsd1:GetLastTradePrice" />
  </message>
  <!-- similarly define a message for "GetLastTradePriceResponse" -->

  <portType name="StockQuotePortType">
    <operation name="GetLastTradePrice">
      <input message="tns:GetLastTradePriceRequest" />
      <output message="tns: GetLastTradePriceResponse" />
    </operation>
  </portType>

<binding name="StockQuoteSoapBinding" type="tns:StockQuotePortType">
    <soap:binding style="document" />
    <operation name="GetLastTradePrice">
      <soap:operation soapAction="http://my.org/GetLastTradePrice" />
    </operation>
  </binding>

  <service name="StockQuoteService">
    <documentation>My First Stock Service</documentation>
    <port name="StockQuotePort" binding="tns:StockQuoteBinding">
      <soap:address location="http://my.org/stockquote" />
    </port>
  </service>

</definitions>



Listing 2:  SOAP with attachments

MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: Multipart/Related; boundary=MIME_boundary; type=text/xml;
        start="<claim061400a.xml@claiming-it.com>"

--MIME_boundary
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Content-ID: <claim061400a.xml@claiming-it.com>

<?xml version='1.0' ?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope
xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
..
<theSignedForm href="cid:claim061400a.tiff@claiming-it.com"/>
..
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

--MIME_boundary
Content-Type: image/tiff
Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
Content-ID: <claim061400a.tiff@claiming-it.com>

...binary TIFF image...
--MIME_boundary-