Special Edition Using SOAP

Creating the Server-Side Component

The server-side component in this example doesn’t do anything earth shattering, but it does fulfill a potentially important service for network administrators. The component queries the server and returns the server name, operating system type, version, build, and service pack information (if any). In a real world environment, you’d probably ask this component to do a lot more, but the fact remains that this is a practical service for today’s environment.

The following sections detail how you can build such a component. We’ll begin on a section that tells how to create a static WSDL file using the 4S4C toolkit, since it doesn’t include a utility for performing this task. The next section shows you the code ...