Re: Clarification needed on HTTP Transfer Coding

John,

I'm not an author of that part of the spec, but I agree with you that it 
looks wrong. Here is my attempt at a sensible interpretation:

1. The {http transfer coding default} property should be an OPTIONAL 
property of the Binding, Binding Fault, and Binding Operation components. 
If present, this value provides a default for the {http transfer coding} 
of related Binding Message Reference and Binding Fault Reference 
components as described below.

2. The {http transfer coding} property should be an OPTIONAL property of 
Binding Message Reference and Binding Fault Reference. If absent, then no 
transfer coding is used for the associated message (normal or fault).

3. The value of {http transfer coding} is determined as follows:

3.1 For Binding Message Reference, the value is equal to the 
whttp:transferCoding attribute if present,
        else the {http transfer coding default} property of the parent 
Binding Operation, if present
        else the {http transfer coding default} property of the 
grandparent Binding, if present
        else the property if absent

3.2 For Binding Fault Reference, the value  is equal to the 
whttp:transferCoding attribute if present,
        else the {http transfer coding default} property of the associated 
Binding Fault component if present
        else the {http transfer coding default} property of the parent 
Binding Operation, if present
        else the {http transfer coding default} property of the 
grandparent Binding, if present
        else the property if absent

Arthur Ryman,
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"John Kaputin (gmail)" <jakaputin@gmail.com> 
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Clarification needed on HTTP Transfer Coding






Can someone please clarify some points about the http transer coding 
extension properties defined in Part 2 section 6.8.2 Relationship to WSDL 
Component Model [1]?

It says the Binding has a {http transfer coding default} property that is 
available to InterfaceMessageReference and InterfaceFaultReference 
components. Is this worded correctly? Do components from the abstract 
interface need http binding information?

It also says BindingOperation has a {http transfer coding default} 
property that is available to BindingMessageReference and BindingFault 
components. Is 'BindingFault' a mistake, should this say 
BindingFaultReference?

There are no semantic rules about the relationship between the two {http 
transfer coding default}  properties (i.e. in Binding and 
BindingOperation), so they could potentially be different. I don't think 
this would make sense, but it seems to be possible according to the way 
this section is described.

Finally, there are no semantic rules about the relationship between 
BindingOperation's {http transfer coding default} property and the {http 
transfer coding} properties if its two child components. As an implementor 
I can infer what that relationship might be, but it would be better if the 
spec stated in explicitly as it does for default and actual extension 
properties elsewhere.

[1] 
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2002/ws/desc/wsdl20/wsdl20-adjuncts.html?content-type=text/html;%20charset=utf-8#http-transfer-coding-relate 


regards,
John Kaputin.