C++ SOAP Web Service

[rickyp]

Hi Guys,

I have a requirement to create a SOAP XML web service that runs as a processs on an AIX server. the application binds to a port on the machine so the functionality can be exposed. e.g 127.0.0.1:2021

At the moment i am finding it very hard to find any resource online to even get me started on a SOAP XML server.....just lots of client side stuff. I have done a fair bit of C++ SOAP XML client side but never made a server.

I know this is a huge requirement but can any one point me towards a Hello World SOAP XML server in C++?? just to get me started.

you help is much appreciated

R

[Zaita]

You're going to need a C++ application server to make your life simple.
http://www.google.co.nz/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=C%2B%2B+Application+Server

Admittedly, doing something like the server in Java is likely going to be a lot quicker as many of the J2EE kits come with database mechanisms and front-end application servers.
E.g JBoss

[rickyp]

Thank you for the advice. If you can do this in java then that would make my life a lot simpler. i was told by a friend that the only way to do this was in C++ because the platform is AIX... evidently from your email this is not the case.. :)

Thanks again Zaita!

[Zaita]

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/systems/library/es-JavaOnAix_install.html

:) Always ask google; it knows everything.

[sohguanh]

Hi once again Java is heads-up in terms of business-centric API and libraries. I don't think standard C++ has a SOAP XML API for C++ developers. In fact I don't see a standard C++ XML parser even. The closest I get is Apache Xerces C++.

[Lodger]

Take a look at gSoap if you have no alternative than C++

http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/soap.html