Chapter 9 Using Web Services Toolkit with EAServer

Web services background

Using Web Services Toolkit and EAServer, you can take advantage of the emerging protocols of Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Web Services Description Language (WSDL), and Uniform Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI). These protocols enable you to use third party components called Web services, which are invoked from application providers. WSDL describes the service and can be used in client applications. You can also publish business and service information to a UDDI registry site on the Web and make your web service available to other users. SOAP provides a platform and language-neutral means of accessing these services.

With SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI, collaboration between business partners is made easier because interfaces between applications become standardized across platforms.