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I started this discussion on the other list and have been truly
fascinated by its flow. Thanks everyone!
I have been trying to summarize and organize in my mind all of the
discussion. It seems to me that the discussion is leading towards a
"best practice" for using XML messaging (i.e., SOAP):
1. Stay away from using XML messaging to do fine-grained RPC. For
example, stay away from a service which returns the square root of a
number. Stay away from a service that returns a stock quote (this is
the classic-cited example of a Web service).
2. Conversely, use course-grained RPC. That is, use Web services that
"do a lot of work, and return a lot of information".
3. Consider making the XML messages asynchronous.
4. Always take the overall system performance into account. Don't
fine-tune your XML messaging when it consumes a small percentage of the
overall system time.
Any other "best practices"? /Roger
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