Supported Web Service Structures and
Facets
Supported Structures
Composite Application Framework (CAF) supports the consumption of flat and complex structures when calling Web services. You can see these supported structures with sample Web service responses in the table below.
Type |
Example Web Service Response |
Plain (or Flat) |
● String: Name ● Integer: Age ● … |
Plain (or Flat) with Structure |
● String: Name ● Integer: Age ● Structure: Home Phone ○ String: Area Code ○ String: Number |
Nested Structure |
● Person ○ String: Name ○ Integer: Age ○ Structure: Communication ● Structure: Home Phone ○ String: Area Code ○ String: Number ● Structure: Mobile Phone ○ String: Area Code ○ String: Number |
Table with Nested Structure |
● Table Persons (1..n) ○ String: Name ○ Integer: Age ○ Structure: Communication ■ Structure: Home Phone ● String: Area Code ● String: Number ■ Structure: Mobile Phone ● String: Area Code ● String: Number |
Plain (or Flat) with Table |
● String: Name ● Integer: Age ● Telephones: (1..n): ○ Type ○ Area Code ○ Number |
Root with Plain and Table |
● Person ○ String: Name ○ Integer: Age ○ Phones: (1..n): ■ Type ■ Area Code ■ Number |
Nested with Table |
Table: Persons (1..n): ○ String: Name ○ Integer: Age ○ Phones: (1..n): ■ Type ■ Area Code ■ Number |
CAF can consume all types of Web service structures; however, currently, Web services can only be exposed with structures that are plain (flat) or plain with structure.
Supported Facets
CAF supports all facets defined in the XML schema 1.1 specification. For more information, see:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-2