Editor's Note: This web services development tutorial was published in 2001, and remains a very popular article on TheServerSide. This article still provides great value, but significant changes have ...

Java interface as service contract You must define whatever methods you want to provide through your Web service in a single interface or class. Interface is preferred over class, not only so that the ...

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Windows Communication Foundation has steadily evolved to better support SOA and Web services. Here's how to get the most out of your WCF-based services architecture. If you want to exploit ...

In a world of microservices development and Docker-based deployments, RESTful web services tend to grab all the headlines. However, there's still a place in modern enterprise architectures for ...

Recommendation: Change the default namespace before the XML Web service is made public. Each XML Web service needs a unique namespace in order for client applications ...