Re: Example WSDL Binding for SOAP/TCP

Jeff,

Interesting. I tend to look at a SOAP/TCP binding the other way 
round, starting from a SOAP perspective first, then mapping it to 
WSDL.  ;-)

The SOAP1.2 SOAP/TCP binding (sic) would provide for transporting 
a SOAP message from an initial SOAP sender to an ultimate SOAP 
receiver. Internally, it would provide framing, etc. From a SOAP 
processor POV, however, the binding would provide complete SOAP 
envelope infosets, just like the current SOAP 1.2 HTTP binding does.

When used in conjunction with the SOAP Request-Response MEP, the 
ImmediateDestination property would indicate the IRC server's 
hostname and port number.

This would work well with Glen's/Amy's (revised) proposal. No 
extra keywords are necessary, I think.

Does this make sense?

Jean-Jacques.

Jeffrey Schlimmer wrote:
> At the recent W3C WSDL WG face-to-face meeting, I offered to write up a 
> sample binding for SOAP over TCP (SOAP/TCP) to illustrate a binding that 
> could use output-input (was solicit-response) and/or output-only (was 
> notify) operations within a WSDL portType. The example only illustrates 
> the latter, but it would not be difficult to construct a similar example 
> that illustrated the former.
> 
>  
> 
> EXAMPLE
> 
>  
> 
> For example, imagine a hypothetical service that understands a SOAP 
> version of Internet Relay Chat (IRC). To connect to the service, a 
> client would use the Connect operation. The client would then use the 
> JoinChannel operation to join a particular channel. To submit a new 
> message, the client would use the NewMessage operation, and the service 
> would push that message out to other clients using the PropagateMessage 
> operation.
> 
>  
> 
> When bound to SOAP/TCP, the client would create a TCP connection to the 
> service, and all messages between the client and service would pass 
> along that TCP connection.
> 
>  
> 
> Here's what the WSDL might look like:
> 
>  
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
> 
> <wsdl:definitions
> 
>   xmlns:wsdl="http://www.w3.org/@@@@/@@/wsdl"
> 
>   xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
> 
>   xmlns:stp="http://example.org/2002/10/soap/tcp"
> 
>   xmlns:tns="http://example.org/2002/10/soapirc"
> 
>   xmlns:xsTns="http://example.org/2002/10/soapirc/types"
> 
>   targetNamespace="http://example.org/2002/10/soapirc">
> 
>  
> 
> <wsdl:types>
> 
>   <xs:schema
> 
>     targetNamespace="http://example.org/2002/10/soapirc/types">
> 
>  
> 
>     <xs:element name="Connect" type="xsTns:ConnectType" />
> 
>     <xs:complexType name="ConnectType">
> 
>       <xs:sequence>
> 
>         <xs:element name="name" type="xs:normalizedString" />
> 
>         <xs:element name="eMailAddress" type="xs:anyURI" />
> 
>         <xs:element name="nickName" type="xs:token" />
> 
>         <xs:element name="altNickName" type="xs:token" minOccurs="0" />
> 
>       </xs:sequence>
> 
>     </xs:complexType>
> 
>     <xs:element name="ConnectResponse" type="xsTns:ConnectResponseType" />
> 
>     <xs:complexType name="ConnectResponseType">
> 
>       <xs:sequence>
> 
>         <xs:element name="versionNumber" type="xs:string" />
> 
>         <xs:element name="MOTD" type="xs:string" />
> 
>       </xs:sequence>
> 
>     </xs:complexType>
> 
>     <!-- Disconnect TODO -->
> 
>  
> 
>     <xs:element name="JoinChannel" type="xsTns:JoinChannelType" />
> 
>     <xs:complexType name="JoinChannelType">
> 
>       <xs:sequence>
> 
>         <xs:element name="channelName" type="xs:token" />
> 
>       </xs:sequence>
> 
>     </xs:complexType>
> 
>     <xs:element name="JoinChannelResponse"
> 
>       type="xsTns:JoinChannelResponseType" />
> 
>     <xs:complexType name="JoinChannelResponseType">
> 
>       <xs:sequence>
> 
>         <xs:element name="topic" type="xs:string" />
> 
>         <xs:element name="nickNames" type="xsTns:listOfToken" />
> 
>       </xs:sequence>
> 
>     </xs:complexType>
> 
>     <xs:simpleType name="listOfToken">
> 
>       <xs:list itemType="xs:token" />
> 
>     </xs:simpleType>
> 
>     <!-- LeaveChannel TODO -->
> 
>  
> 
>     <xs:element name="NewMessage" type="xsTns:MessageType" />
> 
>     <xs:element name="PropagateMessage" type="xsTns:MessageType" />
> 
>     <xs:complexType name="MessageType">
> 
>       <xs:sequence>
> 
>         <xs:element name="messageText" type="xs:string" />
> 
>       </xs:sequence>
> 
>     </xs:complexType>
> 
>  
> 
>   </xs:schema>
> 
> </wsdl:types>
> 
>  
> 
> <wsdl:message name="Connect">
> 
>   <wsdl:part name="Connect" element="xsTns:Connect" />
> 
> </wsdl:message>
> 
> <wsdl:message name="ConnectResponse">
> 
>   <wsdl:part name="ConnectResponse"
> 
>     element="xsTns:ConnectResponse" />
> 
> </wsdl:message>
> 
> <wsdl:message name="JoinChannel">
> 
>   <wsdl:part name="JoinChannel"
> 
>     element="xsTns:JoinChannel" />
> 
> </wsdl:message>
> 
> <wsdl:message name="JoinChannelResponse">
> 
>   <wsdl:part name="JoinChannelResponse"
> 
>     element="xsTns:JoinChannelResponse" />
> 
> </wsdl:message>
> 
> <wsdl:message name="NewMessage">
> 
>   <wsdl:part name="NewMessage"
> 
>     element="xsTns:NewMessage" />
> 
> </wsdl:message>
> 
> <wsdl:message name="PropagateMessage">
> 
>   <wsdl:part name="PropagateMessage"
> 
>     element="xsTns:PropagateMessage" />
> 
> </wsdl:message>
> 
>  
> 
> <wsdl:portType name="SoapIrcPortType">
> 
>   <wsdl:operation name="Connect">
> 
>     <wsdl:input message="tns:Connect" />
> 
>     <wsdl:output message="tns:ConnectResponse" />
> 
>   </wsdl:operation>
> 
>   <wsdl:operation name="JoinChannel">
> 
>     <wsdl:input message="tns:JoinChannel" />
> 
>     <wsdl:output message="tns:JoinChannelResponse" />
> 
>   </wsdl:operation>
> 
>   <wsdl:operation name="NewMessage">
> 
>     <wsdl:input message="tns:NewMessage" />
> 
>   </wsdl:operation>
> 
>   <wsdl:operation name="PropagateMessage">
> 
>     <wsdl:output message="tns:PropagateMessage" />
> 
>   </wsdl:operation>
> 
> </wsdl:portType>
> 
>  
> 
> <wsdl:binding name="SoapIrcBinding"
> 
>     type="tns:SoapIrcPortType">
> 
>   <stp:binding
> 
>     framing="http://example.org/2002/10/soap/tcp/dime" />
> 
> </wsdl:binding>
> 
>  
> 
> <wsdl:service name="SoapIrcService">
> 
>   <wsdl:port name="SoapIrcServicePort"
> 
>       binding="tns:SoapIrcBinding">
> 
>     <stp:address
> 
>       location="tcp://example.com:1027/SoapIrc" />
> 
>   </wsdl:port>
> 
> </wsdl:service>
> 
>  
> 
> </wsdl:definitions>
> 
>  
> 
> FRAMING
> 
>  
> 
> When we send SOAP messages directly over the TCP stream we will probably 
> want to frame them; adding framing makes it easier to detect the 
> boundaries between SOAP messages.
> 
>  
> 
> DIME [1] is a simple, lightweight message format that has been 
> explicitly limited to provide a few core services needed for 
> encapsulating messages. To use DIME for framing, the SOAP Envelopes 
> would be records within a DIME stream.
> 
>  
> 
> Of course, this proposal is not predicated on DIME and one could use 
> other framing mechanisms.
> 
>  
> 
> REPLY TO
> 
>  
> 
> Operations that begin with an output operation must have been given a 
> "reply to" address.  For many bindings, such as with the HTTP binding, 
> the REPLY TO address is implied by the transport and is transparent to 
> the protocol defined by the WSDL portType. Here we assume the SOAP TCP 
> binding would use this approach, and the "reply to" address would be the 
> source IP address of the packet initiating the TCP connection.
> 
>  
> 
> Note that it would also be possible to define a well-know REPLY-TO 
> "header" that could be used in place of the transport source address - 
> this would make the REPLY TO mechanism more general; e.g., it could be 
> applied to many different WSDL bindings, or it could be used to send 
> messages from different sources over a single TCP stream.
> 
>  
> 
> MODEL
> 
>  
> 
> Messages between a given endpoint and a WSDL port bound to SOAP/TCP 
> would flow over a TCP connection. Messages for any operation variety 
> (i.e., input-only, input-output, output-input, output-only) could be 
> exchanged over such a connection.
> 
>  
> 
> A WSDL port bound to SOAP/TCP would indicate the address of the WSDL 
> port. The simplest approach would be to list an IPv4/v6 address and TCP 
> port number. Alternatively, we could define an appropriate URI scheme 
> with a default TCP port number; the WSDL port address could be a URI of 
> that scheme. (The example above shows the second approach.)
> 
>  
> 
> Either way, if a TCP connection didn't exist between an endpoint and the 
> WSDL port, the endpoint could open a TCP connection using the location 
> of the WSDL port.
> 
>  
> 
> STYLE AND USE
> 
>  
> 
> For simplicity, assume that the SOAP Body would always be serialized 
> using a document-oriented style, and that message parts would always 
> appear as literal SOAP Body blocks (no additional "wrappers"). (I don't 
> think this assumption is critical to the example.)
> 
>  
> 
> COMPONENT MODEL
> 
>  
> 
> A component model for the above would be straightforward, and I'd be 
> happy to write it up if there is any interest.
> 
>  
> 
> --Jeff
> 
>  
> 
> [1] <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-nielsen-dime-02.txt>
>

Received on Tuesday, 12 November 2002 11:47:05 UTC