Thursday, August 06, 2009

PrimeObjects Command Engine Web Service supports three major protocals JSON, XML and SOAP

PrimeObjects SaaS (Software as a Service) Platform comes with a Command Engine Web Service API (the API). The API consumes any function call through a common generic web service interface. Developers in any level can successfully make a web service call to the API after the training for 10 minutes. The API can be consumed by any programming language, system and platform by supporting three major protocals JSON, XML and SOAP.

JSON Protocol
The JSON protocol is ideal for an AJAX application, which submits requests from the end user’s browser and processes JSON responses. The JSON interface can return JSON responses in three different formats:
    * Raw
    * Callback
    * Function

XML Protocol
If you are working on Silverlight/Flash, or any applications that support XML but do not support SOAP, the XML protocol may be an appropriate choice. The only limitation on the XML interface that it is an HTTP GET interface, in which the length of the requested URL is limited by the maximum URL length.

SOAP Protocol
The SOAP protocol provides strong types, a request/response object model and is able to submit a complex request without the limitation of maximum URL length. It is most appropriate for those who wok on desktop or server applications with high level languages that have native SOAP library support (such as C#, VB or Java).