NonStop SOAP User's Manual

NonStop SOAP Features and Functions

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Setting the SoapDDLAttribute in the SDL

For example, this message is an attribute centric XML fragment for the same DDL.

The DDL fields can be represented in XML in an attribute centric or an element centric

manner, using:

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Setting the SoapDDLAttribute in the SDL

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Flagging a DDL field with SOAP DDL comment tags

Setting the SoapDDLAttribute in the SDL

The SDL provides an attribute at the Service element level, called SoapDDLAttribute.

This XML attribute can have a value of “yes” or “no”. A value of “yes” specifies to

NonStop SOAP that all the leaf fields of the request and response DDL definitions of

that service are to be represented as XML attributes. A value of “no” specifies that no

fields are to be represented as XML attributes. This provides an easy way for tagging

all the DDL fields of a definition without actually having to make any changes to the

DDL dictionary. The default value is “no.”

For example, the SDL's sample DTD and XML representations containing the

SOAPDDLAttribute is:

Note. DDL leaf fields which are REDEFINED are always treated as elements. The attribute

related features described in this section will be ignored for such DDL leaf fields.

Example 4-19. Attribute Centric XML Message

</AccountDetails>

Example 4-20. Sample DTD

<!ELEMENT Service (SvcDescription, RequestInfo, ResponseInfo+)>

<!ATTLIST Service ServiceName ID #REQUIRED

…

SoapDDLAttribute (yes | no) "no">