consuming a web service

Glenn Venzke

Is there any way to tell what type of application is consuming a web service?
I'm writing a web service that returns a string with 2 carriage returns. What
I want to do is replace these carriage returns with "<br>" tags ONLY if a web
application is consuming.

Nov 23 '05 #1

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Rodrigo GarcÃa

Maybe you should look for CC/PP (Composite Capability/Preference Profiles)
I'm not very sure on this, but i think if the device is CC/PP you could know
the type by looking the user-agent header.

"Glenn Venzke" wrote:

Is there any way to tell what type of application is consuming a web service?
I'm writing a web service that returns a string with 2 carriage returns. What
I want to do is replace these carriage returns with "<br>" tags ONLY if a web
application is consuming.

Nov 23 '05 #2

John Scragg

I think you should let the client application determine the formatting.
Document your WebMethod and the results that it returns. If it is being
consumed by a web client and they want to convert a LFCR to a <br> then so be
it. If they are putting it in table rows and want to to make that same LFCR
a </tr>, then so be it.

Build your service to provide consisten, reliable, documented results, not
to format your client UI. One of the most powerful features of web services
is that they are independent.

Just my .02

John

"Glenn Venzke" wrote:

Is there any way to tell what type of application is consuming a web service?
I'm writing a web service that returns a string with 2 carriage returns. What
I want to do is replace these carriage returns with "<br>" tags ONLY if a web
application is consuming.

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