Re: SOAP Binding Framework Concerns

Kumeda wrote:
> 
> Section 5 may be misleading: the text may suggest that there exists a binding
> layer that provides certain functionality. However in 5.1.4 Sample Mappings
> section, the tables show exactly what I modeled as Contract 4, i.e., use service
> primitives provided by the underlying transport layer and use them to carry SOAP
> messages.
> 
PMFJI, but I'm a bit confused about the problem here. What's to stop me 
writing a binding spec that provides e.g. reliable request-response over 
an unreliable one way transport like UDP ? I.e. where the "binding layer 
provides certain functionality" like correlating requests and responses 
and adding reliability.

I agree that the binding spec has to show how to carry SOAP messages in 
undelying PDUs but that is only part of the job. Am I missing something ?

Regards,
Marc.

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Marc Hadley <marc.hadley@sun.com>
XML Technology Centre, Sun Microsystems.