general web service questions

jasminie

16y3.8k

I am basically new to setting up recent web services.
I am wondering what are good links to look at to see what are the options in web services.
Basically my questions are the following:
   1. Is call a web service a single thread calling at a time? Can several threads call a web service at one time? If so, is the prefered
language to use is F#.NET since this language has alot of threading logic builit behind the language?
   2. When calling a webservice, can you call the web service with "blocks' of message to be processed at one time? Basically instead of sending
one message at a time, can you send "groups" of message at a time to be processed? This would be groups of like 100 to 500 messages at one time?
If so, can you point me to a url that would explain this in more detail?
3. Are there other options that can be utilized in a web service? If so, can you tell me what these options are?
Note: The little bit of web service experience I have is having a classic asp page call a vb.net version 1 webservice in the DXZ. The web
service in the DMZ would then call another web service to obtain validated addresses.
   Thanks!

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jasminie16y ago
Thank you very much!
romelevans16y ago
Each call is a synchronous call to the web method. .NET takes care of all the threading, so you don't need to worry about that part of it. Just pretend you're call is the only one happening, .NET takes care of the threading. C# is just fine with that and I'm sure VB.NET is the same also.
You can send blocks of messages by using a simple array. Simple arrays can be serialized where as something like an ArrayList or Generic lists which are objects would not get serialized automatically and you'd have to do a lot of work serializing them. Just remember that sending so much data across will have it's performance penelty since you're going to create an overhead with Soap.
As far as other options, i"m not sure what you mean. If you mean sending blocks of messages, you can also send a comma separated string that you would parts on the web service side if you want to send it from the client.
-Romel Evans