NonStop SOAP for Java User's Manual

Glossary
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fault.
fault. An error condition reported by a SOAP server in response to a request.
Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP). The set of rules (protocols) based on TCP/IP that
provides the foundation for communication between web clients and servers.
internationalization. Provision for conversion of data to the encoding a client requires.
JAR (Java ARchive). File format similar to Zip for collecting multiple resources (such as
class files and Java class libraries) in a single file.
Java API for XML Parsing (JAXP). Sun’s API that provides a standardized way to specify
operations on XML documents. This API is intended to be independent of the actual
parser used.
Java bean. Reusable software component written for a specific function or use and that
meets the JavaBeans standard for getting and setting instance variable values.
Java Mail. Sun’s API for Java applications accessing electronic mail functions, currently in
version 2.1.
Java Message Service (JMS). Sun’s message-oriented middleware API usable for both
point-to-point and publish/subscribe message applications.
Java Server Pages (JSP). the Java API that allows a programmer to combine HTML and
Java code in a single document to create a dynamic web page. A JSP page is
converted into a servlet automatically.
JAXP. See Java API for XML Parsing.
JMS. See Java Message Service.
JSP. See Java Server Pages.
listener. Java 1.1 event model object registered with a generating component that is
informed about a particular class of events.
Makefile. In a UNIX or OSS environment, a script used to build an application process.
MIME. See Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions.
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. A standard way of denoting content type in a
resource; originated for use with e-mail but now widely used in network applications,
including SOAP.
marshal. To serialize a C++/Java object into a data stream, for example, to convert a
C++/Java object into an XML document.
namespace. A context for resolving names, used to prevent ambiguity (or “collisions”)
where a name is can have different meanings in different situations. To qualify a name