[Zope-PAS] plonePAS and JAX-WS

[Jens Vagelpohl]

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On 25 Aug 2006, at 05:47, Serge Zagorac wrote:

> Hi All
>
> Is there any way or example how to  configure plonePAS to consume a  
> web
> service  (in my case JAX-WS via SOAP ) in order to get user details?

This won't be a configuration issue, it will be a coding issue. You  
don't mention specifically what "consume a web service" means, but  
you might be able to put together a Scriptable Multiplugin or write  
your own filesystem-based plugin to do the job.

However, there is one big caveat. Making HTTP calls (or almost any  
other network request) out of Zope code during the execution of a web  
request is risky. The executing thread will wait until the external  
request has been answered, and if for whatever reason no answer is  
received it will hang forever. There are four threads available in a  
normal Zope configuration, the fourth time this happens your website  
will be unavailable and Zope must be restarted. A lot of care needs  
to be taken to ensure there are sensible timeouts on these external  
calls to prevent hangs.

jens


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