Re: Web services and J2ME

Eric,

Thanks again for your answer. They are running MIcrosoft servers, trying to do everything .NET. They don't use Java at all and would rather stay all microsoft. Where could I find some info about how to write the server extension that would parse the POST and then communicate with their Web Service? Will we then be able to call this extension from the Midlet with an URL like we call the servlet on Tomcat?

Emmanuel


> You're encountering the classic tradeoff: more generalized features leads to
> larger code.  I bet kSOAP supports more than what you need.  If you can't
> change anything on the server, your best bet would be to write your own
> custom code for invoking the customer's web service -- you should be able to
> save some space that way.
>
> Otherwise, the server needs to get involved.  You didn't mention what
> platform the customer is using, but it sounds like they're not running
> inside a servlet container since you mentioned having to install Tomcat in
> their environment.  A Java servlet would be trivial to write as an interface
> to between the MIDlet and the web service.  If that's not an option, though,
> you should consider writing a server extension appropriate for their
> platform.  This may require some work on your part to learn it, but it
> should be hard.  Basically you just need to be able to parse a POST request
> and then invoke a web service.  There would likely be helper routines for
> invoking the web service, so really you just need to figure out how to send
> the data you need across the wire.  A simple text-based format might be all
> you need, but I can't say without knowing exact details.  Anyhow, don't shy
> away from doing it just because it's not Java-based.
>
> Eric


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