Web API : One side object materialization

Recently I’ve been working on a api project where the requirement was that any data on the api service side is plain xml, stored in database as xml type column. No binding and object materialization is done on the server. However the client has to operate on clr objects. I am going to show you the solution I came to.

By Mirek on (tags: Web API, web service, XML, categories: architecture)

Simple WCF. RESTful and SOAP endpoint at one contract.

REST (Representational state transfer) web service is a service over HTTP with specific architecture. The REST is then an architectural style, which defines the rules of accessing resources exposed in the web. In principle the restful service exposes some sort of resource, for instance collection of entities, which can be easily accessed and changed from external client. To be …

By Mirek on (tags: REST, SOAP, WCF, web service, categories: code)