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Strategies for document based web services

I found a very interesting article on strategies for document based web services.

Sameer Tyagi:

To recap, the Document-Based Web Services pattern can be realized using the following eight strategies, each with its own advantages and disadvantages:

• Using XML in the SOAP body
• Starting with a Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
• Starting with Java code
• Using string in the SOAP body
• Using base64-encoded or raw bytes in the SOAP body
• Switching off data binding
• Using the xsd:any element in WSDL
• Using the xsd:anyType in WSDL
• Using an external Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to reference the business document
• Using message attachments in the SOAP message

Maven archetype for MyFaces

I found two usefull links that describe how a Maven archetype can be used to produce the initial directory structure for a MyFaces based project.

Links

• MyFaces Wiki - Building with Maven and,
• Matthias Wessendorf's Blog - maven2 Magics for MyFaces

Oracle SQL Developer

Oracle offers a new tool for coping with with its RDBMS; Oracle SQL Developer. Although, the tool supports only Oracle RDBMS, I found very usefull the tool compared to SQL*Plus.

The tool belongs to a new generation of Oralcle products that are based on java and have simplified installation processes (for example Oracle XE). So, the good news is that the tool does not require the installation of Oracle Client kit. The only requirement is the existence of a JRE 1.5.

The SQL Developer cannot be compared to full featured products, like TOAD, but I would highly recommended.