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    Web services allow applications to communicate over the web by exposing application functions through standardized web protocols. Web services use XML, SOAP, and WSDL to publish and consume services across different operating systems and programming languages. A basic example web service converts temperatures between Fahrenheit and Celsius to demonstrate how ASP.NET automatically generates the WSDL and handles SOAP requests and responses.

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    Web services allow applications to communicate over the web by exposing application functions through standardized web protocols. Web services use XML, SOAP, and WSDL to publish and consume services across different operating systems and programming languages. A basic example web service converts temperatures between Fahrenheit and Celsius to demonstrate how ASP.NET automatically generates the WSDL and handles SOAP requests and responses.

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    Web services allow applications to communicate and exchange data over the internet using open standards like XML and HTTP. They make it possible for different systems to interact with each other.

    A web service is an application component that can be accessed over the network through standardized web protocols. The basic elements are XML for encoding data, SOAP for transporting messages, and WSDL for describing services.

    The three main platform elements of web services are SOAP, which defines how services communicate; WSDL, which describes how to access services; and UDDI, which is a registry of available services.

    Web Services Tutorial

    Web Services can convert your application into a Web-application, which can publish its function or
    message to the rest of the world.
    The basic Web Services platform is XML + HTTP.

    Introduction to Web Services

    Web Services can convert your applications into Web-applications.


    Web Services are published, found, and used through the Web.

    What You Should Already Know


    Before you continue, you should have a basic understanding of the following:
    • HTML
    • XML

    What are Web Services?


    • Web services are application components
    • Web services communicate using open protocols
    • Web services are self-contained and self-describing
    • Web services can be discovered using UDDI
    • Web services can be used by other applications
    • XML is the basis for Web services

    How Does it Work?


    The basic Web services platform is XML + HTTP.
    XML provides a language which can be used between different platforms and programming languages and
    still express complex messages and functions.
    The HTTP protocol is the most used Internet protocol.

    Web services platform elements:


    • SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
    • UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration)
    • WSDL (Web Services Description Language)

    Why Web Services?


    A few years ago Web services were not fast enough to be interesting.

    Interoperability has Highest Priority


    When all major platforms could access the Web using Web browsers, different platforms could interact. For
    these platforms to work together, Web-applications were developed.
    Web-applications are simple applications that run on the web. These are built around the Web browser
    standards and can be used by any browser on any platform.

    Web Services take Web-applications to the Next Level


    By using Web services, your application can publish its function or message to the rest of the world.
    Web services use XML to code and to decode data, and SOAP to transport it (using open protocols).
    With Web services, your accounting department's Win 2k server's billing system can connect with your IT
    supplier's UNIX server.

    Web Services have Two Types of Uses


    Reusable application-components.
    There are things applications need very often. So why make these over and over again?
    Web services can offer application-components like: currency conversion, weather reports, or even
    language translation as services.

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    Connect existing software.
    Web services can help to solve the interoperability problem by giving different applications a way to link their
    data.
    With Web services you can exchange data between different applications and different platforms.

    Web Services Platform Elements


    Web Services have three basic platform elements: SOAP, WSDL and UDDI.

    What is SOAP?
    • SOAP is an XML-based protocol to let applications exchange information over HTTP.
    • SOAP is a protocol for accessing a Web Service.
    • SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol
    • SOAP is a communication protocol
    • SOAP is a format for sending messages
    • SOAP is designed to communicate via Internet
    • SOAP is platform independent
    • SOAP is language independent
    • SOAP is based on XML
    • SOAP is simple and extensible
    • SOAP allows you to get around firewalls
    • SOAP is a W3C standard

    What is WSDL?
    • WSDL is an XML-based language for locating and describing Web services.
    • WSDL stands for Web Services Description Language
    • WSDL is based on XML
    • WSDL is used to describe Web services
    • WSDL is used to locate Web services
    • WSDL is a W3C standard

    Read more about WSDL on our Home page.


    What is UDDI?
    • UDDI is a directory service where companies can register and search for Web services.
    • UDDI stands for Universal Description, Discovery and Integration
    • UDDI is a directory for storing information about web services
    • UDDI is a directory of web service interfaces described by WSDL
    • UDDI communicates via SOAP
    • UDDI is built into the Microsoft .NET platform

    Web Services Example


    Any application can have a Web Service component.
    Web Services can be created regardless of programming language.

    A Web Service Example


    In the following example we will use ASP.NET to create a simple Web Service that converts the temperature
    from Fahrenheit to Celsius, and vice versa:

    <%@ WebService Language="VBScript" Class="TempConvert" %>


    Imports System
    Imports System.Web.Services
    Public Class TempConvert :Inherits WebService
    <WebMethod()> Public Function FahrenheitToCelsius
    (ByVal Fahrenheit As String) As String
    dim fahr

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    fahr=trim(replace(Fahrenheit,",","."))
    if fahr="" or IsNumeric(fahr)=false then return "Error"
    return ((((fahr) - 32) / 9) * 5)
    end function
    <WebMethod()> Public Function CelsiusToFahrenheit
    (ByVal Celsius As String) As String
    dim cel
    cel=trim(replace(Celsius,",","."))
    if cel="" or IsNumeric(cel)=false then return "Error"
    return ((((cel) * 9) / 5) + 32)
    end function
    end class

    This document is saved as an .asmx file. This is the ASP.NET file extension for XML Web Services.
    Example Explained
    Note: To run this example, you will need a .NET server.
    The first line in the example states that this is a Web Service, written in VBScript, and has the class name
    "TempConvert":<%@ WebService Language="VBScript" Class="TempConvert" %>
    The next lines import the namespace "System.Web.Services" from the .NET framework:Imports System
    Imports System.Web.Services
    The next line defines that the "TempConvert" class is a WebService class type:Public Class TempConvert
    :Inherits WebService
    The next steps are basic VB programming. This application has two functions. One to convert from
    Fahrenheit to Celsius, and one to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit.
    The only difference from a normal application is that this function is defined as a "WebMethod()".
    Use "WebMethod()" to convert the functions in your application into web services:<WebMethod()> Public
    Function FahrenheitToCelsius
    (ByVal Fahrenheit As String) As String
    dim fahr
    fahr=trim(replace(Fahrenheit,",","."))
    if fahr="" or IsNumeric(fahr)=false then return "Error"
    return ((((fahr) - 32) / 9) * 5)
    end function

    <WebMethod()> Public Function CelsiusToFahrenheit


    (ByVal Celsius As String) As String
    dim cel
    cel=trim(replace(Celsius,",","."))
    if cel="" or IsNumeric(cel)=false then return "Error"
    return ((((cel) * 9) / 5) + 32)
    end function
    Then, end the class:end class

    Publish the .asmx file on a server with .NET support, and you will have your first working Web Service.

    ASP.NET Automates the Process


    With ASP.NET, you do not have to write your own WSDL and SOAP documents.
    If you look closer at our example Web Service, you will see that ASP.NET has automatically created a
    WSDL and SOAP request.

    Web Services How to Use


    Using the Web Service Example
    In the previous page we created a Web service.
    The FahrenheitToCelsius() function can be tested here: FahrenheitToCelsius
    The CelsiusToFahrenheit() function can be tested here: CelsiusToFahrenheit

    These functions will send an XML response like this:


    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

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    <string xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">38</string>

    How To Do It
    Here is the code to add the Web Service to a web page:<form
    action='http://www.example.com/webservices/tempconvert.asmx/FahrenheitToCelsius'
    method="post" target="_blank">
    <table>
    <tr>
    <td>Fahrenheit to Celsius:</td>
    <td><input class="frmInput" type="text" size="30" name="Fahrenheit"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td></td>
    <td align="right"><input type="submit" value="Submit" class="button"></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </form>
    <form
    action='http://www.example.com/webservices/tempconvert.asmx/CelsiusToFahrenheit'
    method="post" target="_blank">
    <table>
    <tr>
    <td>Celsius to Fahrenheit:</td>
    <td><input class="frmInput" type="text" size="30" name="Celsius"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td></td>
    <td align="right"><input type="submit" value="Submit" class="button"></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </form>
    Substitute the "www.example.com" in the code above with the address of your web site.

    Web Services Summary


    This tutorial has taught you how to convert your applications into web-applications.
    You have learned how to use XML to send messages between applications.
    You have also learned how to export a function (create a web service) from your application.

    Now You Know Web Services, What's Next?


    The next step is to learn about WSDL and SOAP.
    WSDL
    WSDL is an XML-based language for describing Web services and how to access them.
    WSDL describes a web service, along with the message format and protocol details for the web service.
    If you want to learn more about WSDL, please visit our WSDL tutorial.

    SOAP
    SOAP is a simple XML-based protocol that allows applications to exchange information over HTTP.
    Or more simply: SOAP is a protocol for accessing a web service.

    By: DataIntegratedEntity22592
    Source: http://w3schools.com/webservices/default.asp

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