XML Wrapper?
 

I am very confused so please understand that this question may not be well
formed.

I need to work with a WS that requires a wrapper, nesting of the XML,
perhaps this is not a good phrase, but I'm not sure where to begin.

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** Any articles or links, books are appreciated **
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My only WS experience is using a WS similar to a DLL or .vb file in my web
project.

Now I have to connect to someone else's WS and I've been given alot of XML
structures.

I had assumed that when .Net connected to a WDSL any calls to the named WS
were sent as XML and that I didn't need to form XML, other than to make my
call with the proper sequence, type and value for any variables for the
webmethod.

In the past I think that my XML have been implemented similar to.....

The following pseudo code snipit I get, although I may not state it 100%
correctly here...
.... from w/in my webapp
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..... assuming a Ref to the WS has been made...
Prvt Sub NewReq(CaseNo as String, Date as String, Other Values... as )

..... validation and getting of any other req. values to pass in...

If NewRequest.Send(CaseNo as String, Date as String, Other Values... as ) =
"Submitted" Then
.... do something...
End If

End Sub

.... which sends XML similar to....
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<NewRequest Send>
<CaseNo/>
<Date/>
<Other Values..../>
</NewRequest Send>
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****** Here's the new stuff that is confusuing for me....

Now I have to pass similar that is like a wrapper with an outside auth
handled at my client and a request obejct that passes in the NewRequest.
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<OutSide XML>
<Auth>
<MyValidated UserID/>
<Auth/>
<Request>
<Request Date>
<Request Type>
</Request>
<Inside XML New Request>
<CaseNo/>
<Date/>
<Other Values..../>
</Inside XML New Request>
<OutSide XML>

And it gets better, I also have to receive back a <Response and process
that..... which I might think is handled w/in my "NewReq" noted above.

Any direction would be appreciated.....


JeffP.....

Re: XML Wrapper?
 

Jeff,

In contrast to calling a function or a dll you may wish to consider as if
you were about to write a document using DOM, but instead of writing a
phyical XML document you'll be passing the resulting XML as a string into
the an outer method.

So, you will be calling the method that you called <OutSide XML similar to
your familar call to a function or dll most likley as....

NewRequest(Auth as object, Request as object) as string

Where Request contains your DOM XML string returning some Response as string
of XML

<NewRequest XML>
<Auth/>
<Request>
<XML String/>
</Request>
</NewRequest XML>

HTH

JeffP....

"JeffP@Work" <jpgmt_at_sbcglobal_dot_net> wrote in message
news:OOoAJRj5GHA.4536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I am very confused so please understand that this question may not be well
>formed.
>
> I need to work with a WS that requires a wrapper, nesting of the XML,
> perhaps this is not a good phrase, but I'm not sure where to begin.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> ** Any articles or links, books are appreciated **
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> My only WS experience is using a WS similar to a DLL or .vb file in my web
> project.
>
> Now I have to connect to someone else's WS and I've been given alot of XML
> structures.
>
> I had assumed that when .Net connected to a WDSL any calls to the named WS
> were sent as XML and that I didn't need to form XML, other than to make my
> call with the proper sequence, type and value for any variables for the
> webmethod.
>
> In the past I think that my XML have been implemented similar to.....
>
> The following pseudo code snipit I get, although I may not state it 100%
> correctly here...
> ... from w/in my webapp
> ----------------------------------------------
> .... assuming a Ref to the WS has been made...
> Prvt Sub NewReq(CaseNo as String, Date as String, Other Values... as )
>
> .... validation and getting of any other req. values to pass in...
>
> If NewRequest.Send(CaseNo as String, Date as String, Other Values... as )
> = "Submitted" Then
> ... do something...
> End If
>
> End Sub
>
> ... which sends XML similar to....
> ----------------------------------------------
> <NewRequest Send>
> <CaseNo/>
> <Date/>
> <Other Values..../>
> </NewRequest Send>
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> ****** Here's the new stuff that is confusuing for me....
>
> Now I have to pass similar that is like a wrapper with an outside auth
> handled at my client and a request obejct that passes in the NewRequest.
> ------------------------------------------------
> <OutSide XML>
> <Auth>
> <MyValidated UserID/>
> <Auth/>
> <Request>
> <Request Date>
> <Request Type>
> </Request>
> <Inside XML New Request>
> <CaseNo/>
> <Date/>
> <Other Values..../>
> </Inside XML New Request>
> <OutSide XML>
>
> And it gets better, I also have to receive back a <Response and process
> that..... which I might think is handled w/in my "NewReq" noted above.
>
> Any direction would be appreciated.....
>
>
> JeffP.....
>