Re: Web services and J2ME

Hi Dan!

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From: "Daniel Blaukopf" <daniel.blaukopf@xxxxxxx>
To: <KVM-INTEREST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: Web services and J2ME


> Hi Emmanuel,
>
> If you can deploy a servlet, it sounds like the J2ME Wireless Connection
> Wizard will do what you need. It is a plug-in module for Sun ONE Studio
> that generates client and server code for J2ME devices to connect to
> servers. It is focussed on low client footprint and low network bandwidth.
>
>
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/earlyAccess/j2meconwizard/index.html
> http://wireless.java.sun.com/midp/articles/wizard/
>
> Daniel
>
> Eric Giguere wrote:
>
> >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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