WEBSERVICE

WEBSERVICE is an object data type which stores information about a web service. Due to this data type the developer does not need to use web service handlers. It reduces the number of code required to operate a web service. This data type is also used if you create a webservice client automatically using the Querix tools.

 

WEBSERVICE variables can be declared like any other simple data type. Depending on the declaration context it can have any scope of reference. It can be passed to and from functions like variables of other data types. You should not use the LET statement to assign data to it. You should use the special methods instead.

 

WEBSERVICE methods are called in the same way as other functions:

variable.Method()

You can use WEBSERVICE methods together with the CURSOR variables.

 

Here are the methods typically used with the WEBSERVICE data type:

• loadMeta() - loads the specified WSDL meta data definition file
• selectOperation() - specifies the web service operation you want to invoke
• execute() - executes the selected operation