[kepler-dev] web service actor

[Chad Berkley]

I just used java types as return objects because it was convenient to do 
so at the time.  it's not hard to change.  I'm not sure why you wouldn't 
want to use a java object, since soap allows for you to do such a thing. 
  If we intend to implement the token passing system that we have talked 
about before, i think we are going to need the functionality of a java 
object, not just an xsd type.  but we can talk about this. I just wanted 
to get something to work with grass/garp.  what did your heated 
discussion entail?

chad

Bertram Ludaescher wrote:
> 
> Chad:
> 
> I have some questions regarding the types of data going in and out of
> a web service: In my understanding, web services describe the type of
> their data mostly in XML Schema, and not as Java types.
> 
> Since web services can be implemented in different languages, Java,
> C#, PHP, Perl, Python, ... what is the purpose of adding Java types in 
> particular?
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to use XML Schema types and/or Ptolemy types and 
> make them part of the Kepler type system?
> 
> We just had a (heated!!) discussion here between Ilkay, Shawn, a local 
> web service guru (Jesus) and myself...
> 
> Maybe we should have a phone conference on that tomorrow or so...
> 
> Bertram
> 
> 
>>>>>>"CB" == Chad Berkley <berkley at nceas.ucsb.edu> writes:
>>>>>
> CB> 
> CB> Hi Ilkay,
> CB> I was just wondering how your progress is going on getting the web 
> CB> service actor to return objects (besides strings).  I now have a bunch 
> CB> of web services that make calls to GRASS that I would like to use in 
> CB> kepler.  All of these services return the same object 
> CB> (GrassReturnObject).  If you want or need some help getting that actor 
> CB> to work, I'd be glad to help.
> CB> 
> CB> chad
> CB> 
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