I am writing web services with VB.NET (2.0). The client side will use different technologies such as Java and Siebel. So, if I write asynchronous web services, is it possible for different platforms to consume them? I know it is quite easy with a consumer having .NET platform, but not sure for different platforms. Is it enough for them to have asynchronous ability, or should it be a similar platform?
Yeah, I know web services are platform independent, but you can make it platform dependent by using features only available in a specific platform. DataSet is one of them, for instance, so if your client is not using .NET, it is a bad idea to return DataSets in web services. My question about being asynchronous is similar; can a Java etc client consume an asynchronous web service written in .NET?
ozancali
2010-10-12 08:12:30