NonStop SOAP User's Manual

Glossary
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marshal.
marshal. To serialize a C++/Java object into a data stream, for example, to convert a
C++/Java object into an XML document. See unmarshal.
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
by identifying the namespace expresses the idea that the name is used as defined in
that namespace.
Naming Service. A standard application service (one of the OMG Common Object
Services) for storing object names, identifiers, and other information. One important
use of the Naming Service is to store the names of factory objects to use in creating
other objects.
NonStop SOAP configuration file. An XML document that defines the environment
variables used by a SOAP server at runtime.
Open System Services (OSS). A POSIX-compliant operating environment for HP
NonStop systems.
OSS. Open System Services
SDL. Service Description Language
sequence. An IDL data type that is essentially a one-dimensional array of specified
maximum size and length. IDL sequences can be bounded or unbounded. In C++ they
are mapped to a class that has a current length, a maximum length, and a_var type for
the data.
SERVERCLASS_SEND_. The procedure call used to send a request to a TS/MP server
class, defined as part of the TS/MP Pathsend facility.
server-side cookie file. The file in which a SOAP server maintains information about
sessions in progress.
Service Description Language (SDL). A language, specific to NonStop SOAP, used to
define TS/MP services or NonStop processes to make them available for SOAP
access.
service map. An in-memory representation of information from an SDL file (also called a
service map file).
service map file. An XML document, consistent with the SDL document type definition,
used to specify the services an application will use.
session. A logical grouping of a requests used for to permit transaction control and to
support access to context-sensitive classes.
session context. Information a SOAP server maintains to represent a session.