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  • Paperback: 308 pages
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (21 Feb 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0596002246
  • ISBN-13: 978-0596002244
  • Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 1.8 x 22.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 141,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Web Services Essentials is an overview of XML Web services, aimed primarily at Java developers with some existing knowledge of XML. The main subject is SOAP, which is widely supported in the industry. After a general introduction, the author describes XML-RPC, an older and simpler alternative to SOAP. Next comes a quick introduction to the SOAP specification, followed by two chapters on getting started with Apache SOAP. These show how to set up a Web service using the Apache Tomcat server, and how to invoke the service with a Java client. An important chapter covers WSDL, the description language that enables clients to locate and invoke Web services. The last part of the book is a look at UDDI, a means of publishing Web services in a directory. In these three final chapters, the book introduces UDDI, describes its Inquiry API, and offers examples and a quick reference for the UDDI 4J client toolkit, enabling programmatic retrieval of UDDI data. A plain-English glossary at the back of the book provides welcome help for those perplexed by SOAP jargon.

This is not an in-depth title, and is best regarded as a first book on SOAP. Its scope is narrow, and given that one of SOAP's strong features is interoperability, it is disappointing to find little information on non-Java implementations. Another O'Reilly title, Programming Web Services with SOAP, has a better stab at this by including Perl and Microsoft .NET alongside Apache SOAP. On the plus side, there is considerable detail on UDDI, which is a topic skated over by some other SOAP introductions, and overall the book is succinct and well-presented. --Tim Anderson

David Coulson, LinuxFormat, August 2002

A broad, yet comprehensive guide to web services.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This book was written at the beginning of 2002 and is out of date. You are much better off spending your time reading websites about web services than spending your cash on this.
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Compared to other web service books I bought, this book is the clearest and easyily understood.
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62 of 65 people found the following review helpful
Obsolete and belated book 30 July 2003
By Prasad Reddy - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This book is based on obsolete specifications and older SOAP implementation which is not even available for download. The Apache SOAP is already a piece of junk and Apache recommends to use Apache Axis (which is not in the scope of this book). All other implementation examples such as XMethods and UDDI4J are also obsolete as well. The APIs are already deprecated and the code discussed does'nt make any sense.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Highly readable, highly useful introduction 20 April 2002
By B. Pomeroy - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
"Web Services Essentials" provides an excellent, concise overview of the complicated world of web services, and makes sense of the alphabet-soup jargon of SOAP, XML-RPC, UDDI and WSDL (as well as more obscure protocols). With web services appearing to be the "next big thing" in web development, this book is a must-read for any developer looking to introduce him/herself to the technology, as well as for the technically-minded manager who may soon be responsible for implementing web services. Clear writing and relevant examples make this an enjoyable as well as an informative read.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Great Book on WebServices 20 Mar 2002
By BHUSHAN.THAMMINENI - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Webservices is relatively new technology,but there is unusual hype around every
protocol associated with webservices,say XML-RPC,SOAP,UDDI,WSDL.

Ethan Cermani,author of the book writes lucidly about every aspect of these technologies.
His approach to this book is so planned;he got text book style of writing ie sentences are
pithy -filled with meaning,no nonsense explanations,no unnecessary elaborations,to the point
almost clinically precise.

"A webservice is anyservice that is available over the Internet,
uses a standardized XML messaging system,and is not tied to any
progrmming language or operating system." also "A webservice
is self describing via common XML grammar,and discoverable
via a simple find method".author summarises whole scenario in
handful of words!!
He divided the whole book into 9 chapters,introducing XML-RPC
SOAP,WSDL,UDDI and other W3C issues,evolving security standards
in the first chapter giving panoramic over view of webservices.

In remaining 8 chapters he delved deep into all the topics he introduced.
He dedicated 3 chapters for SOAP Essentials which is needed,
Which is Standardized XML message system to be used in Webservices.
Before this there is one chapter covering in-depth
much sought after XML-RPC;with equal diligence he uncovers WSDL
in one chapter which is essential in describing webservices.
Finally he finishes the book with thorough coverage of UDDI ,
(in 3 chapters)which is essential in discovering webservices.

For SOAP examples he followed APACHE implementation,which is
open source readily available over net for free download.covered
GLUE clearly,under WSDL invocation tools.

if you want to know why SOAP no more stands for SIMPLE OBJECT
ACCESS PROTOCOL;In the plethora of objects still RPC which is
proverbially procedural reigning the roost,this is the book
you need to keep on the bed side or over the desk top.

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