Remoting? Web services?

[Niebs]

Hello,

Here is call for help.... and the answer is probably simple but I do not
know where to start!

I have a class library that I am building. I want this class library to
reside in one location on my network and allow all other departments to use
this library to enter their data through it.

THe Library is composed of several classes: I have a header class that is
composed header information and several smaller collections. IE Gifts,
Orders, Subscriptions
The other classes such as the GIft, Orders class need to be exposed much in
the same way the Datarow is to a Datatable.

How do I keep the Library in one location so that the code is updates once
for all applications using it.

If I am not using WebServices waht other technology is out there. If I were
to use webservices can I Pass the class back and forth or do I have to get
into serialization then. This sounds like an application server to me but how
to I begin to implement an application server without webservices?

HELP not sure how to apprach this relativly simple problem. Feeling kinda
dumb on this one.

Chris

[John Bailo]

Do you need to pass "the class" to the clients?

A web service is an interface to a class.

If they can simply consume the methods of a class via a web service
interface, then you could update the class itself as part of the web
method on the server side.
Niebs wrote:

Hello,

Here is call for help.... and the answer is probably simple but I do not
know where to start!

I have a class library that I am building. I want this class library to
reside in one location on my network and allow all other departments to use
this library to enter their data through it.

THe Library is composed of several classes: I have a header class that is
composed header information and several smaller collections. IE Gifts,
Orders, Subscriptions
The other classes such as the GIft, Orders class need to be exposed much in
the same way the Datarow is to a Datatable.

How do I keep the Library in one location so that the code is updates once
for all applications using it.

If I am not using WebServices waht other technology is out there. If I were
to use webservices can I Pass the class back and forth or do I have to get
into serialization then. This sounds like an application server to me but how
to I begin to implement an application server without webservices?

HELP not sure how to apprach this relativly simple problem. Feeling kinda
dumb on this one.

Chris

[Niebs]

Thanks for your reply

Yes, The Class needs to be loaded thorugh various means. The class has about
50 properies to it (I know ugly - Thank the third party were working with)
and there are several combinations of properties that may or may not be used.

So the only way I can see doing that is to expose the entire class to the
client

Chris

"John Bailo" wrote:

Do you need to pass "the class" to the clients?

A web service is an interface to a class.

If they can simply consume the methods of a class via a web service
interface, then you could update the class itself as part of the web
method on the server side.
Niebs wrote:

Hello,

Here is call for help.... and the answer is probably simple but I do not
know where to start!

I have a class library that I am building. I want this class library to
reside in one location on my network and allow all other departments to use
this library to enter their data through it.

THe Library is composed of several classes: I have a header class that is
composed header information and several smaller collections. IE Gifts,
Orders, Subscriptions
The other classes such as the GIft, Orders class need to be exposed much in
the same way the Datarow is to a Datatable.

How do I keep the Library in one location so that the code is updates once
for all applications using it.

If I am not using WebServices waht other technology is out there. If I were
to use webservices can I Pass the class back and forth or do I have to get
into serialization then. This sounds like an application server to me but how
to I begin to implement an application server without webservices?

HELP not sure how to apprach this relativly simple problem. Feeling kinda
dumb on this one.

Chris