Using SOAP Between ASP and Java Applications Having Complex Data

In theory, SOAP enables applications on different platforms and in different programming languages to exchange complex data. However, it is often difficult to achieve this in practice. In some cases, even passing simple data types, such as strings, between ASP-- and Java--based SOAP applications is problematic. In this article, author Keith Shaffer examines ways to pass complex data--including dates, arrays, and objects--between ASP and Java applications using SOAP. Shaffer shows how to use a JSP client with an ASP SOAP server for each data type, and he also demonstrates how to use an ASP client and a Servlet SOAP server.