Design Considerations for XML Web Services
This chapter on XML Web services finishes by bringing together some of the design considerations that have been mentioned and some more general points that are especially relevant if you are designing a Web service for consumption by a smart device application written using the .NET Compact Framework. Table 16-3 describes these considerations.
Table 16-3. Design Considerations for XML Web Services
|
Consideration |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Typed DataSets |
Do not design a Web service that uses only typed DataSets in the arguments and return type of its methods. Provide alternatives that use the plain DataSet. |
|
DataSet size |
Keep the restrictions of the smart device in mind when returning data from a Web service method. ... |
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