Chapter Summary

Web service support is one of the most significant advances in the .NET architecture. The .NET Framework supports both creating and consuming Web services through command-line tools as well as the Visual Studio .NET IDE.

KEY TERMS

Web services provide a way to invoke objects over the Internet. A Web service can expose one or more Web methods, each of which can accept parameters and return objects.

Web services use protocols and standards, including SOAP, Disco, UDDI, and WSDL, to communicate. These protocols and standards are designed to use HTTP as their transmission mechanism so that they are generally not blocked by firewalls.

The .NET Framework includes command-line tools ...

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