Using Complex Datatypes

[chrispragash@hotmail.com]

Hello all,

I have a web service (Defined by a third party) which has some really
complex datatypes. I want to create an abstraction layer for this web
service and convert these complex datatypes into .NET compatible types
(typed datasets...etc) Since this web service is defined by a third
party there is no chance for modification of the types defined...

What is the best way to convert this web service type in .NET. Any
recomemded practices...Any suggestions or code samples will be greatly
helpful.

Thanks in advance,
Chris

[erymuzuan]

Re: Using Complex Datatypes


one of the tenet of SOA, is
services share contracts not objects, and eventhouhg web services can be
used as another RPC technolgy , it's most benifial existense is for SOA
enabling, thus you should not worry about data type bu focus on the
contrac(XSD and WSDL).
You can use wsdl.exe to generate a proxy to the object, (assuming you
are using .net framework) for consuming the web service.


Regars
erymuzuan


chrispragash@ho tmail.com wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello all,
>
> I have a web service (Defined by a third party) which has some really
> complex datatypes. I want to create an abstraction layer for this web
> service and convert these complex datatypes into .NET compatible types
> (typed datasets...etc) Since this web service is defined by a third
> party there is no chance for modification of the types defined...
>
> What is the best way to convert this web service type in .NET. Any
> recomemded practices...Any suggestions or code samples will be greatly
> helpful.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Chris
>[/color]

[Dilip Krishnan]

Re: Using Complex Datatypes

Hello chrispragash@ho tmail.com,
Implementation details dont matter on the client or the service so long
as you adhere to the contract defined by the wsdl. You could use any of the
structural GOF [0] patterns to abstract your types.
[0] - http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/Patterns.aspx
HTH
Regards,
Dilip Krishnan
MCAD, MCSD.net
dkrishnan at geniant dot com

http://www.geniant.com

[color=blue]
> Hello all,
>
> I have a web service (Defined by a third party) which has some really
> complex datatypes. I want to create an abstraction layer for this web
> service and convert these complex datatypes into .NET compatible types
> (typed datasets...etc) Since this web service is defined by a third
> party there is no chance for modification of the types defined...
>
> What is the best way to convert this web service type in .NET. Any
> recomemded practices...Any suggestions or code samples will be greatly
> helpful.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Chris[/color]