- multi-transport,multi-encoding SOAP with ORB -

What's new

• (2010/12/19) Recent SoapOpera updates are now on SqueakSource.
• (2008/6/2) SoapCore 1.0h: Maintenance release.
• (2006/10/20) SoapCore 1.0: SOAP Encoding's shared values support.
• (2006/08/03) SoapCore 0.9: SOAP Encoding's shared values are now decoded correctly.
• (2005/11/18) SoapCore 0.8: M17N support. You can send/receive WideString. "Literal" encoding support (Client only). Utility methods for registering services more quickly.
• (2005/05/18) SoapCore 0.7: new installer now automatically resolves prerequisites. Colocation support for optimization.
• (2004/05/03) OperaORB-native 0.7: It is an experimental version which shows OperaORB can wrap messaging layers other than SOAP. I'll integrate it with SoapOpera in the future.
• (2003/10/10) SoapOpera0.6: actually no main added features, but small bug fixes. I updated the main version number, because from this version, SoapOpera ONLY runs on Squeak 3.6+. If you would like to use SoapOpera in older versions of Squeak, use SoapOpera0.5.
• (2003/05/06) SoapOpera0.5 beta7 has been released. It is well modularized, so you can select 'client only' or 'server only' or both in installation. SAR version will be available soon. The server now seamlessly runs on Comanche and Comamnche NG. (So SoapCoreNG is no longer needed).
• (2003/04/18) SoapCoreClient is available. I'm now repackaging SoapCore total packages. SoapCoreClient is a client module that can be used standalone. The server modules (SoapCoreServer and SoapCoreServerNG) will also be released soon.
• (2003/03/09) SoapCoreNG is available. This is basically the same as SoapCore, but runs on ComancheNG.

Older SoapOpera information is here.

Description

SoapOpera is a multi-protocol, multi-transport SOAP with ORB, currently runs on Squeak3.x

SoapOpera consists of two parts: SoapCore and OperaORB.

• SoapCore is a SOAP implementation for Squeak (including SOAP RPC).
  It achieves some interoperability with other SOAP, such as SOAP4R, Splash/Spray, etc.
  • Please see SoapOpera interoperability page.
  • SoapOpera sample servers
    • SoapOpera services are running on a CASIO Fiva mini-note.
• OperaORB is a tiny ORB wrapper on SOAP (or some network messaging service layer).

Prerequisites:

XML Parser:

• YAXO which will be included in Squeak 3.2
  • or
• VW XML Parser ported by Bijan Parsia

Web Server:

• Comanche

Installation:

Load the sar file to your Squeak. (I tested the installation in Squeak .8 and 3.9)

Limitations:

SoapCore:

• It is in beta, subject to change
• (Currently) SOAP Encoding is not fully implemented

OperaORB:

• (Currently) Automatic object reference releasing is not implemented

Download:

Current releases:

• SoapOpera ver1.0h (2008/6/2)
  • SoapCore - SoapCore
  • SoapCoreClient
  • SoapCoreServer
  • ...OperaORB SOAP -- coming soon

For porters:

• SoapCore in SIF (2006/10/21)
• OperaORB in SIF (2003/10/10)
• VWXML for Squeak3.x (2001/11/28)

Future Plan:

(2006/10/21)

• SSL version of SoapClient

License

SoapCore and OperaORB are licensed under the MIT style license.

Suggestions?

Any feedback is welcome.