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Writing Deployment Managers

This chapter describes several deployment manager interfaces supporting SOAP administration. The topics covered include:

• Creating a Provider Manager

• Creating a Service Manager

Creating a Provider Manager

The ProviderManager interface defines the interface to manage providers. The SOAP Request Handler Servlet (SOAP server) uses a Provider Manager is to deploy providers, undeploy providers, and access provider deployment information. The ProviderManager interface is part of the oracle.soap.server package.

A ProviderManager implementation may cache deployment information. The ProviderManager must maintain the cache.

The HTTP server provides security for the Provider Manager. The Provider Manager can be configured with a specific URL. In order to be accepted, all requests must the be made to the specified URL. If a SOAP request for the Provider Manager is made to any other URL, the request is rejected. This URL should be an alias to the SOAP Request Handler Servlet, and HTTP Listener security may be set to control which users can post to the specified URL.

See Also: $SOAP_HOME/docs/apiDocs/index.html on UNIX or %SOAP_HOME%\docs\apiDocs\index.html on Windows NT "Setting Provider Manager and Service Manager Configuration Options"

Creating a Service Manager

The ServiceManager interface defines the interface to manage services. The SOAP Request Handler Servlet (SOAP server) uses a Service Manager is to deploy services, undeploy services, and access service deployment information. The ServiceManager interface is part of the oracle.soap.server package.

The Service Manager may cache deployment information and is responsible to maintain the cache.

The HTTP server provides security for the Service Manager. The Service Manager can be configured with a specific URL. In order to be accepted, all requests must be made to the specified URL. If a SOAP request for the Service Manager is made to any other URL, the request is rejected. This URL should be an alias to the SOAP Request Handler Servlet, and HTTP Listener security may be set to control which users can post to the specified URL.

See Also: $SOAP_HOME/docs/apiDocs/index.html on UNIX or %SOAP_HOME%\docs\apiDocs\index.html on Windows NT "Setting Provider Manager and Service Manager Configuration Options"