Article: Simple JAVA and .NET SOA interoperability

by Diana Plesa on May 10, 2006 |

.NET and Java interop can be made really simple using a REST documentcentric approach. This article compares a REST and SOAP approach to interop as well as the advantages of using HTTP POST vs. GET for REST invocations.

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Integration with Web 2.0 by paul browne Posted

One step further towards REST by Jerome Louvel Posted

Simpler ways by dudu siton Posted

A simpler protocol, microcalls by Agusti Pons Posted

Integration with Web 2.0 by paul browne

Any thoughts of how to integrate this is Javascript / Web 2.0 on the Client side?

Paul

One step further towards REST by Jerome Louvel

Thanks for showing with such clarity and details the path from the over-complicated WS-* stack to the simpler, truly interoperable and Web-centric solution incarned by the REST architecture style.

If you are interested in going even further towards a RESTful design, I suggest that you have a look at the Restlet open source project that we are actively developping. It aims to be a fully featured and RESTful alternative to Servlets/JSP and other WS-* stacks.

It has integrated support for XML representations (both reading and writing) as well as content negotiation, all HTTP methods (including DELETE, PUT, MOVE, etc.) and is even protocol agnostic (currently supports HTTP client and server, SMTP, FILE, JDBC).

www.restlet.org

Simpler ways by dudu siton

I suggest developers to consider "proprietary middle-ware" as the current tools offer very simple interop, in comparison to exposing your BL as REST services.

dev.mainsoft.com offers free edition of their .NET --> Java tools which allows compiling .NET to JVM bytecode, as well as fully interoperable and open source (Mono) WebServices and Remoting .NET --> Java.

A simpler protocol, microcalls by Agusti Pons

Following the idea of REST to simplify server to server comunication I've developed microcallls (www.microcalls.org) is even simpler than REST and can be used freely.

I've used microcalls in lots of production projects and worked very well for me and my team.

Take a look.