Chapter 21. Building XML Web Services

In this chapter, you are introduced to XML Web services in the ASP.NET Framework. You will learn how to create and consume Web services that expose simple data, database data, and custom objects.

In this chapter, you will learn

  • How to create a Web service that returns a random fortune

  • How to create a Web service that exposes the contents of the Products database table

  • How to create an Invoice Web service that exposes instances of a custom class

  • How to improve the performance of a Web service by caching Web service data

  • How to ...

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