NET Web Services: Architecture and Implementation

Author: Bei Lie Zhe
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This book covers all the components of WebServices: transmission protocols, interface definitions, service discovery mechanisms, security, and message infrastructure, as well as underlying technologies (XML, TCP/IP, and HTTP). The descriptions of each topic are highly understandable and comprehensive. All examples provide excellent explanations for the content. This book serves as an authoritative guide for designing and building better WebServices using Microsoft technologies, written by Keith Ballinger, the XML WebServices Program Manager at Microsoft. It explains what WebServices are, why they exist, and how they work under .NET. Readers are expected to gain a thorough and comprehensive understanding of these technologies through this book and to make full use of the powerful capabilities of .NET. The book begins with an introduction to WebServices and their standards, gradually introducing .NET technology, and explains to developers how to use the tools provided by the .NET framework to build WebServices applications. The core content of the book primarily focuses on the important specifications that make up the WebServices architecture, covering HTTP, SOAP, and WS-Security. The book is filled with expert-level advice from the author on building and designing WebServices applications. The topics covered in this book include:
· Characteristics and flaws of WebServices
· WebServices standards
· Creating WebServices using ASP.NET
· Creating WebServices clients
· XML serialization under .NET
· Extending WebServices
· Transmission protocols of WebServices
· XML and XML Schema
· SOAP protocol
· Describing WebServices
· Discovering WebServices
· Messaging with WebServices
· WebServices security
· Advanced message processing
The book provides complete, runnable example code using C# and ASP.NET WebServices, which demonstrates best practices in real-world scenarios. Some code snippets from the book are available on the website http://www.keithba.net.