NonStop SOAP User's Manual

Using NonStop SOAP with a TS/MP Application and
NonStop Processes
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Common Elements for TS/MP and NonStop Process
SDL DTD:
Common Elements for TS/MP and NonStop Process SDL DTD:
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Service definition: ELEMENT Service
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The name
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Whether the input and output are compliant with SOAP or plain XML
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Whether the server must validate input against the DTD or schema
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Whether the service requires the client to initiate transactions
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Whether to abort a transaction if the response indicates a fault
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Whether the body element and all descendant elements of the SOAP response
are namespace qualified
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Whether the operation is RPC-oriented (messages containing parameters and
return values) or document-oriented (messages containing documents)
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A prefix for the files that the SOAP Admin tool will generate
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Whether to cache DDL definitions at runtime
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Whether the service is context free or context sensitive (TS/MP services only)
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Whether the service supports one or multiple transactions per dialog (TS/MP
services only)
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The default encoding to use for responses from the service
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Whether to process DDLComments
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Whether to use default values
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Whether to use Metadata
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Whether all the leaf fields of the request and response DDL definitions are to
be represented as XML attributes
Another element (SvcDescription) allows you to provide a text description of
the service.
NonStop SOAP does not support IDS requesters.
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The request format for the service: ELEMENT RequestInfo
You specify the format by providing the name of the DDL definition.
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The response formats for the service: ELEMENT ResponseInfo
You specify each format by providing either the name of the DDL definition or an
error-message element.
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Rules for selecting among possible responses: ELEMENT ResponseSelection
You specify starting and ending indexes into the response buffer, a value to
compare against the value delimited by the indexes, a comparison operator, and a