Important Observations
Knowledge of web services standards and protocols is not required to create this SOAP Agent.
LANSA's RDML or RDMLX code or RPG may be used to create the business logic used by this SOAP Agent.
Tips & Techniques
This example used fragments for a simple list, because no simple field values were being returned. When field values are returned as well as a simple list, the recurring entries can be defined as a list and the results are mapped into a working list or data structure.
The supplied code turns on tracing at the service level. You should turn this off for deployment to a production system.
What I Should Know
The essential steps necessary to use LANSA Integrator Studio to implement a SOAP Agent solution – that is, a solution that calls or consumes a web service.
That LANSA Integrator generates components that handle the complexities of web services standards and protocols.
How to create a Visual LANSA application program that uses a SOAP Agent solution to call the web service.