Designing a Web Service
The first step in this chapter will be to build the actual Web service. Designing a Web service is no different than designing any other process—establishing a solid goal and defining service requirements are very important parts of the actual building of the service.
Because this chapter represents a small project in itself, the goals and requirements of the example will be outlined for the reader's benefit.
What Is the Goal?
Each Web service should have one goal and only one goal. If you have several goals, then chances are you have several Web services that need to be built. Unlike a general application, which can fulfill many needs, Web services are smaller packages of work for a single task. Keep each Web service ...
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