Foreword. Acknowledgments. I. SOAP-EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW.
1. How We Got to SOAP. The Abacus. Early Calculators. Programmable Machines. Electronic Computers. Distributed Computing. Summary. Bibliography.
2. XML Overview. Uniform Resource Indentifiers. XML Basics. XML Schemas. XML Namespaces. XML Attributes. Summary.
3. The Soap Specification. Things to Know. Rules for Encoding Types in XML. The SOAP Message Exchange Model. Structure of a SOAP Message. Using SOAP in HTTP. Using SOAP for RPC. Summary.
4. Building a Basic SOAP Client and Server. SOAP Library Design. In Search of One Good Socket Library. SimpleSOAP Library. SOAPNetwork Library. A Simple SOAP Server. A Simple SOAP Client. Summary. Fun Things to Try.
II. RELATED TECHNOLOGIES.
5. Web Services Description Language. WSDL Overview. Defining a Web Service. SOAP Binding. HTTP GET and POST Binding. MIME Binding. Summary.
6. Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration. UDDI Basics. Where Does UDDI Fit In? UDDI Information Types. The Programmer's API. Summary.
7. Available SOAP Implementations. Apache. IdooXoap. Iona. Microsoft. pocketSOAP. RogueWave. SOAP::Lite. White Mesa. Zope. Summary.
III. CASE STUDY: A WEB-BASED ACUTION SYSTEM.
8. Auction System and Requirements. Background. Executive Summary. Bidder Enrollment and Management. Item Enrollment and Management. The Bidding System. Reporting. Summary.
9. Auction System Design. Bidder Enrollment and Management. Item Enrollment and Management. The Bidding System. Summary.
10. Bidder Enrollment. The Java Environment. Setting Up the Java Enviroment. Securing Access to the Web Service. The VB Environment. Summary.
11. Category and Item Management. General Implementation Rules. Category Management. Item Management. Summary.
12. The Bidding System. Bidding Pages. Bidding Web Service. Summary.
13. Case Study Summary. Client Management. Category Management. Item Management. Auction. Summary.
Appendix. Index. 